I agree with the Tim Challies when he says,
"I have watched far too much coverage of the Katrina aftermath. In fact, I don't think I have watched so much news coverage since 9/11. ... What I began to notice yesterday and this morning is that the media is quickly and perhaps subtley changing their focus and are now desperately seeking someone to blame. They are quickly putting a negative spin on even good news."
I really began to notice that with Fox coverage last Thursday night. The Geraldo/Shep fiasco on the O'Reilly factor kind of did it for me.
I read Joshua at Razorkiss this morning. Joshua lives at ground zero in Gulfport, MS.
"I was completely apalled by the national media's feeding frenzy on politics, while people were dealing with the aftermath of the largest national emergency this country has ever seen. It made me ill. It made me physically, utterly, ill.
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I've seen 98% smiles, here in Southern Mississippi - 2% frowns, 2% bad moods, 2% bad tempers, and 2% despair. 98% of the time, someone has a friendly wave, a cheerful greeting, and a smile to send you on your way.
THAT is what is REALLY happening here. Anyone else who tells you differently is out of their ever-loving mind. I'm here. I'm down on the coast as much as I can get down there, and where I am JUST got power back TODAY. So don't even think about telling me I'm not in the middle of it. I have been. The media is scavenging horror stories - which, in most cases, are probably true. The other 98% of us - the people who can smile, laugh, wave, and still keep our temper…"
So, I have shut off Fox and CNN. I ain't watching the televised coverage anymore. I am looking to Razorkiss and my relatives in Mississippi to point me to local coverage to see what is going on.
I am also going to resume regularly scheduled posting on this blog -- interspersed with reflections on Katrina and what is taking place in our country. I see a lot of positive things happening in our country as a result of Katrina. The church has an unbelievable opportunity to minister to the hundreds of thousands impacted by this storm. We need to raise the banner of Christ high.