Lovely Rita

Was watching CNN about the evacuations ahead of the approaching Rita, and the emphasis of the report was an accident involving a bus. There was fire, and I think one or more were killed. Tragic? Yes. But they were presenting it as if it was someone's fault that there was an auto accident. I mean no disrespect (except maybe to CNN) but how can that possibly be the main story? 10 people injured, 2 dead out of what, 2 million fleeing at one time? That's 0.0001%. But CNN wants to titillate, god forbid we flip over to fox or cbs or game show network.

Like Katrina, they're focusing on the anecdotal for the purpose of audience retention. It was a horrible situation for 10,000 or so people in N'Oleans. But that pales to the 1 million people that were displaced, and will be for a long time. But our eyes (media) are drawn to the desperate, easily photographed 1% stuck in an awful fix. Who's to blame? Who's fault is it? I have an idea. Maybe the category 4 storm that came through had something to do with it. I think they give them names like Katrina for a reason: so we can blame her.