A Tale of 2 Louisiana Disasters and Media Bias

[Weatherman2020]

MSM is just an operative wing of the Democratic Party.

A tale of two Louisiana disasters and media bias.

“A very simple question, if George W. Bush was president right now and playing golf with celebrities in one of the richest zip codes in the country, would the headlines again be everywhere that portray him as insensitive, out-of-touch, even a racist president be the same now as they were 2005? Of course they would. Instead, President Obama continues his vacation that includes fundraising events for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the relative silence is deafening.”

 

[Corky]

Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katrina -- 1,245 to 1,836 DEAD

Grow a brain!

 

[Weatherman2020]

Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katrina -- 1,245 to 1,836 DEAD

Grow a brain!

If only the Democrat run cities and State had the ability to evacuate people as a hurricane approached with days warning!

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Katrina -- 1,245 to 1,836 DEAD

Grow a brain!

Katrina -

Blanco!

Nagin!

Grow a brain.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Oh and obama warned em not to discriminate

 

[the_human_being]

 

[the_human_being]

 

[Weatherman2020]

Christian groups have moved in to assist people. Where's the Clinton Foundation?

Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief Specialists on the Ground in Louisiana and Mississippi

 

[TheOldSchool]

MSM is just an operative wing of the Democratic Party.

A tale of two Louisiana disasters and media bias.

“A very simple question, if George W. Bush was president right now and playing golf with celebrities in one of the richest zip codes in the country, would the headlines again be everywhere that portray him as insensitive, out-of-touch, even a racist president be the same now as they were 2005? Of course they would. Instead, President Obama continues his vacation that includes fundraising events for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the relative silence is deafening.”

I'm amazed at how conservatives have managed to link 13 deaths and a thunderstorm to upwards of 2,000 deaths, a hurricane, and the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.

 

[Weatherman2020]

 

[TheOldSchool]

What do you think about that weatherman? Why do Louisiana flood lives matter more? Don't ALL lives matter?

 

[Weatherman2020]

What do you think about that weatherman? Why do Louisiana flood lives matter more? Don't ALL lives matter?

BLM won't get involved because work is involved.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Over 40,000 homes damaged/destroyed and Obama says let them eat cake.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Over 40,000 homes damaged/destroyed and Obama says let them eat cake.

Now you don't want these poor people to have cake? You monster.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Over 40,000 homes damaged/destroyed and Obama says let them eat cake.

Now you don't want these poor people to have cake? You monster.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Over 40,000 homes damaged/destroyed and Obama says let them eat cake.

Now you don't want these poor people to have cake? You monster.

Well your whole thread is lame, and no matter what Obama had done, you would have bitched and griped about it.

 

[Corky]

MSM is just an operative wing of the Democratic Party.

A tale of two Louisiana disasters and media bias.

“A very simple question, if George W. Bush was president right now and playing golf with celebrities in one of the richest zip codes in the country, would the headlines again be everywhere that portray him as insensitive, out-of-touch, even a racist president be the same now as they were 2005? Of course they would. Instead, President Obama continues his vacation that includes fundraising events for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and the relative silence is deafening.”

I'm amazed at how conservatives have managed to link 13 deaths and a thunderstorm to upwards of 2,000 deaths, a hurricane, and the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.

Same way they pitifully try to compare 9/11 and Benghazi --- 3,000 dead vs 4 dead.

 

[Weatherman2020]

WELL, YEAH: Media predictably treats Bush, Obama differently on Louisiana disasters.

So why isn’t Obama visiting? And why isn’t the press crucifying him for not visiting? Well, the answer to the first question comes from Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, who I normally admire as a journalist. He explains that Obama’s just too cool and unswayed by the politics of photo-ops.

That would be a fine explanation if Bush was given the same justification during Katrina. The other problem with Cillizza’s explanation is that Obama has absolutely visited places after natural disasters for the photo-ops. He surveyed the damage of Hurricane Sandy just two weeks before the 2012 election. There’s no explaining that away as “the right thing to do” while visiting Louisiana is just politics.

Cillizza mentions that his article is about how Obama thinks of himself, not how we see him, and that he apparently sees himself above performance politics. I guess he sees himself above it all, except when it would look good right before a re-election, right?

If the mainstream media treated Obama the way it treated Bush, perhaps public trust in media wouldn’t be at an all-time low and falling. But this is how it will always be. Democrats get the benefit of the doubt and long explanations for why they did or didn’t do something. Republicans are just treated as uncaring.

 

[Weatherman2020]

ACCORDING TO THE RED CROSS THE LOUISIANA FLOODS ARE AMERICA’S WORST NATURAL DISASTER SINCE HURRICANE SANDY:

Louisiana is Hurricane Katrina territory. Why isn’t CNN’s Anderson Cooper down there lashing out at Bush for insensitivity?…Wait…I mean, lashing out at Obama for vacationing…never mind…

 

[Weatherman2020]

HECKOVAJOB, BARRY:

Obama Sends Memo to La. Officials Warning Them Not to Discriminate With Disaster Assistance.