praise for the press

I have to say that the press has done a surprisingly good job of extracting and examining the complexities of Katrina - and how she has exposed the American Dream to be one huge, fat lie.

Perhaps that's just a result of the echo chamber quality of the Internet. But whatever its cause - this is the most coverage on the race & class disparities in the American South that I've seen in the mainstream and alternative press in a long time.

Heck, even Yahoo News posted an apology for the racial bias in the photos and captions they presented on Katrina. Even more astounding are the links they posted to other internet sites that have commented on / criticized the photo caption language.