So poor, So black

Attributed to Wolf Blitzer:

You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals…many of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold.

The best reporting on Katrina, imho, has been by Major Garrett of Fox news. Everybody else tooks plenty of video and interviewed people in various emotional states, but the big issue was why there were no first responders there to help. Garrett is the only one I know of who really dug into that question seriously instead of immediately blaming it on FEMA, which never has had that role. He uncovered not just failures by local and state officials, but affirmative interference with people and organizations who were there to bring immediate help to the people stranded in places like the Superdome and the Convention Center.