Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Media Anniversary Hype

Washington Post/Howard Kurtz: Katrina Redux

"I am not a big fan of media anniversary hype. The avalanche of "one year after" and "five years after" stories always strike me as a form of journalistic laziness. - - And yet, I find myself pleased that the one-year benchmark, artificial as it is, has produced a spate of good reporting about Hurricane Katrina and finally put the national spotlight back on the Gulf Coast."