Welshy- you truly are a naive “boy.” I love how as soon as disaster strikes, everyone looks to the President, as if Bush sent this plague upon New Orleans because he hated the town. If you could take anywhere near the crap any of our past and present presidents have then vent away. I guarantee, however, you would have a nervous breakdown because it’s so stressful.

Secondly, if you read anything in this article, you would know that the “surviving” you were talking about was getting necessary items such as bread, water, big screen TVs. Wait a minute, let’s think about that.

Thirdly, you have no idea about the inner-workings of New Orleans right now, you ignorant cuss. If you did, you would realize the vailidity in Bush sending troops there. Here, we have heard stories of gangs sniping ambulance and helicopter drivers and robbing stores because they are not protected. It’s a dog-eat-dog city, and the troops are trying to establish some kind of order.

In short, don’t state your unwelcome opinion until you’ve enlightened yourself on the subject more, welshy.

1. where was george “W” bush? was he sat around with his thumb up his ass? no, even worse, the imbacile was on holiday. he’s always on holiday and never at work.

2. the media is telling us that the blacks are looting and the whites are finding. they are all trying to survive. if the people of new orleans had electricity or newspapers there would, potentialy, be a race war.

3. why on god’s earth did bush send thousands upon thousands of troop’s down there? he has already got two or three wars going on, yet he still wants to waste the tax payer’s money. what the people of new orleans needed was docters, coast guards, people with boats and food not more idiots with guns.
there was a story on the news of some workers on a bridge and they got shot trying to do their jobs by some troopers who mistook them for looters.

4. 1 million people made homeless, thousands dead in china this week, yet no one gives a shit about them. its all to do with global warming. there has been a lot of news about the price of oil. you pay $4 a gallon yet over here we are now paying the equivalent of $10 a gallon.

in short, the media sucks, get rid of bush, stop the stupid gulf war 2 because it’s causing more harm than good, get rid of all your guns and stop using your cars so much. The world would be a much safer and enjoyable place to live.

Peace

Kiss my ass.

There are two different issues here:
1.) The subjectivity of the reporters
2.) The apparent (or non-existent) racism

On the subjectivity of the reporters, they certainly could’ve chosen better words. Journalists of all types are encouraged not to use words that include opinion, which they did. However, not being there ourselves, we depend on them to tell it like they saw it. If we don’t trust them to tell us what happened, then what’s the point of reading them in the first place?

On the point of racism, there isn’t any. I don’t care what you say, the “N” word was never used, two different journalists giving their angle of two different events.

Photographer believed one was looting and the other finding Given the nature of the situation though ‘looting’ or ‘finding’ maybe the editor not the photographer should bear some responsibility for not using the best possible vocabulary?

The photographer took pictures of people looting, finding, scavenging, whatever you want to call it. He gave it a label. The copy editor obviously didn’t know that this controversy would be created.

I just think this is really unfortunate and adds to fuel to the fire that both closet and openly racist people have and that are outside looking in.

To Chris: (The Photographer)
Keep doing your job buddy..

To the AP copy editors:
Don’t forget the power of what it is you do and just try to be a little more aware of the powder keg you’re sitting on. Otherwise..Keep doing your jobs too..we rely on you as part of the machinery that hopefully provides us with OBJECTIVE information.

Frankly, you don’t impress me as someone interested in getting at the truth, but if I’m wrong, feel free to check out this thread, where you’ll see how I deal with real racists, as opposed to innocent photographers who are simply doing their jobs.