"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Friday, September 09, 2005

Friedman on Journalists in New Orleans

Mostly a piece about Iraq and the hopes for the new Constitution, but also a good observation of his own profession

New Orleans and Baghdad - New York Times

"...the Katrina TV drama is not going away. Hell hath no fury like journalists with a compelling TV story where they get to be the heroes and the government the fools."

Bill Mahr thought that we're "getting our journalists back" (a la Watergate?).
Maybe more like "what sells airtime"

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