head of FEMA just issued a tweet that says the media hasn't been paying attention to PR hurricane

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13. Do you understand how hard it is to get any story out of Puerto Rico?

I've seen many additional attempts at reporting on MSNBC where the signal was lost or of such poor quality it was not usable. Of course, MSNBC does not add those to their list of videos to be replayed - they were truncated or useless. There were also many more stories than I took the time and space to post - if you go to MSNBC.com and search for Puerto Rico there are a lot in their video archive and many more that I have seen on air that are not in the list online.

With Katrina, there was not as much disruption of the signals out and it was MUCH easier to get reporters there and keep them on scene, so of course there was much more coverage. Puerto Rico is farther away and even without a disaster, harder to broadcast from. Even so, the mayor of San Juan is using valuable cell phone power to reach out to the news broadcasters to ask for help, even though apparently she has been reaching out to FEMA and the White House, too.

I would prefer knowing that more supplies and aid are being shipped to the island than the same weight in reporters and broadcasting equipment. I'm sure the people of Puerto Rico would feel the same way.