| But in my opinion, the US media coverage of Katrina failed in one crucial way. Many reporters and commentators didn't really make an effort to look beyond the smoke screen created by President George Bush's spin-doctors to extricate him from the public-relations debacle that arose following the administration's slow response to the crisis. Most of the media just reported what the different sources were saying while neglecting to comment on the motives behind their words. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.