In his editorial "Words Triumph Over Images," Curtis Wilkie describes the TV coverage of Hurricane Katrina as "unfiltered" and "reckless." He argues that print news journalists did a much better job covering the event than TV or radio news reporters, and for this reason he claims that print news is superior to other kinds of coverage. However, any type of news media could be characterized as either reckless or responsible, depending on how poorly or how well journalists use content, time, and resources to craft their news stories.
The TV reporters who were live on the scene in New Orleans were faced with the challenges of time, access to information, and their own overwhelming emotions. They had to make quick judgments and probably didn't
The TV reporters who were live on the scene in New Orleans were faced with the challenges of time, access to information, and their own overwhelming emotions. They had to make quick judgments and probably didn't