Jun 5, 2006

Katrina Sympathizers Neglect South Mississippi in Favor of New Orleans

Ryan LaFontaine, in the latest edition of the Sun Herald, writes “National media attention continues to follow the Big Easy’s plight, leaving smaller towns feeling left behind.”

from the Sun Herald:

According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, more than $3.6 billion in private donations has been sent to the Gulf Coast from corporations, foundations and individuals.

Of those donations, Bay St. Louis has received about $160,000 â€” total â€” and $50,000 of that came from one man, Favre said.

In contrast, in New Orleans, $2 million will go to help arts organizations, Pennsylvania residents donated $80,000 for a truck to suck out the muck from the cityâ€™s underground drainage system and a New York nonprofit sent $262,000 to public school teachers, to name just a few private donations.

People, please have a heart and know that New Orleans was merely a tiny portion of the area affected by Hurricane Katrina.

JR General, News 8

Green Darkness

I hate big cities, so no reason for me not to realize a hurricane is, oh 500 miles wide, maybe 1000, however big, a city is kinda small in comparison. Think of the trees affected! Heh, effected? Well, nice to see people with money care about girls gone wild videos… snl tonight ^_^
Green Darkness

I hate big cities, so no reason for me not to realize a hurricane is, oh 500 miles wide, maybe 1000, however big, a city is kinda small in comparison. Think of the trees affected! Heh, effected? Well, nice to see people with money care about girls gone wild videos… snl tonight ^_^
Janbitnal

New Orleans is a city. A big name city. Who are we? Bare footed Mississippians. There’s your answer.
Janbitnal

New Orleans is a city. A big name city. Who are we? Bare footed Mississippians. There’s your answer.
http://zarjay.net/ Zarjay

Hurricane Katrina spanned almost the entire Gulf Coast, affecting at least four states. There’s no excuse for the media and American population to ignore the lesser known affected cities in Louisiana and Mississippi.
http://zarjay.net Zarjay

Hurricane Katrina spanned almost the entire Gulf Coast, affecting at least four states. There’s no excuse for the media and American population to ignore the lesser known affected cities in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Janbitnal

I didn’t say it was fair. It’s not. Just stating how it is. Bigger cities garner more attention from the media and the public. And come on, most of the media’s propaganda now anyway. If you rely on one source for your news, you’re only getting the stories they chose to feed you (and that’s just what most media organizations are doing). If you want to stay itruly nformed (which most Americans don’t take the time to do), you have to go outside of what the media-in all its wisdom-declares is “news.”
Janbitnal

I didn’t say it was fair. It’s not. Just stating how it is. Bigger cities garner more attention from the media and the public. And come on, most of the media’s propaganda now anyway. If you rely on one source for your news, you’re only getting the stories they chose to feed you (and that’s just what most media organizations are doing). If you want to stay itruly nformed (which most Americans don’t take the time to do), you have to go outside of what the media-in all its wisdom-declares is “news.”