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This 4 page paper examines two articles about New Orleans with regard to the way in which the media portrays the city after Katrina. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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cases inflammatory. This paper analyzes two articles dealing with the disaster, and whether they dealt with the diversity of the city; whether they relied on stereotypes to depict certain groups;
and whether they foster a better understanding of multiculturalism, or increase bigotry. The first article appeared in The registry, a newspaper in Canton, Ohio (we are looking at the on-line
version of the article). Its by Adam Nossiter (an AP writer) and is dated September 1, 2005; the title of the piece is New Orleans slips into anarchy. An astute
reader will notice immediately that the title is sensational; "anarchy" is a very strong term indicating a state of lawlessness and violence, and indeed Nossiter concentrates on the horrors that
engulfed the city as the hurricane swept through. He begins with these words: "Storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open,
and rescue helicopters and law enforcement officers were shot at as flooded-out New Orleans descended into anarchy Thursday" (Nossiter, 2005). He goes on to say that people became desperate and
increasingly angry at the inept response from the government to their plight, and describes the way people waiting for help turned from law-abiding citizens into angry mobs (Nossiter, 2005). He
writes that the National Guard was called out to "help restore order and put a stop to the looting, carjackings and gunfire that have gripped New Orleans in the days
since Hurricane Katrina plunged much of the city under water" (Nossiter, 2005). The word "desperate" occurs throughout the article, as do terms like "unsanitary", "unsafe" and "dangerous" (Nossiter, 2005). He
describes the way in which rescuers are being shot at, making it impossible for them to help (Nossiter, 2005). But he also describes conditions that make it easy to understand
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