Journalists Begin to Fear for Their Own Safety in New Orleans

[sabra]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001053700

Journalists Begin to Fear for Their Own Safety in New Orleans

By E&P Staff

Published: September 01, 2005 5:20 PM ET

NEW YORK On Thursday afternoon in New Orleans, a Times-Picayune reporter and a New York Times photographer witnessed a deadly shootout, got roughed up by police, hid in fear, and now plan to flee the city to save their lives.

Elsewhere, a pair of photographers, one from Reuters and the other from The Associated Press, had cameras, computers, and equipment stolen from a parked car while working near the convention center. Neither photographer was present during the break-in and no injuries were reported.

The folowing article was posted late this afternoon at the Times-Picayune Web site, under the apt headline, CITY NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE.

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"There was no crowd control," Russell said. "People were swarming. It was a near riot situation. The authorities have got to get some military down here to get control of the situation."

[mcscajun]

1. Sounds just like a story out of Baghdad, doesn't it?

Too fuckin' ironic.

Too Sad.

:scared: for our country if we must endure * until the next election.

[scarletwoman]

2. "authorities have got to get some military down here to get control..."

Is this on purpose?

Let things deteriorate to the point where people beg for domestic military intervention, in order to get the populace enured to the presence of military enforcement of "order"?

There is something very wrong in how this crisis is being handled, not at all like anything we've seen before, imho.

sw

[Nostradammit]

4. "Is this on purpose?" - Ayup

Oh please, won't the cavalry save us from those dirty people.


Please Lord Jesus/Bush, save us from the heathens!




Brought to you in technicolor.

[illuminaughty]

5. My thoughts exactly

We all will be begging for martial law. A little psy-ops game to make us see troops in the street and greet them with flowers and candy.

[wli]

7. Very much so. They want martial law to be widespread. n/t

[kerryin2004]

3. Where is the green zone?

The journalist could just stay in the green zone and report nothing important from there.

[leveymg]

6. The Fascists promised bread and order. This regime delivers neither.

Authoritarians, but incompetent.

Didn't we fight a World War fifty years ago to rid ourselves of this cancer?

[truthisfreedom]

8. bushco loves disorder.

period. how do you think they emptied the coffers into the pockets of their cronies after 9-11?