Thursday, February 5, 2009

Curious Bugger, Ain't I?

Google search terms: Bush Katrina Response - Results 1 - 10 of about 4,150,000 for bush katrina response

Here are some quotes from the first ten links:

"CONSERVATIVE CRITICIZES RESPONSE TO KATRINA"
Bush takes blame for Katrina flaws
Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia ...
White House Web site condemns Bush's Katrina response - Breaking ...
Commentary: Bush can't see failure of Katrina response - CNN.com
Poll: Katrina Response Inadequate, Public Says Response To Katrina ...
How race shaped Bush's response to Katrina. - By Jacob Weisberg ...
First report on Katrina assails Bush's response - International ...
LawGeek: Bush's Response to Katrina sub-par compared to other ...
Katrina Report Spreads Blame

Ten hits, all ten of which are antagonistic to President Bush and the response of his administration to the Katrina natural disaster.




Google search terms: Obama Kentucky Response - Results 1 - 10 of about 1,640,000 for Obama Kentucky Response

Here are some quotes from the first ten links:

FEMA gets decent marks for its ice storm response
Mixed Reviews For FEMA's Kentucky Response, Top State Officials ...
The White House - Blog Post - President Obama Declares Emergencies ...
ED ANGER SAYS: OBAMA HATES KENTUCKY! Weekly World News
Ice storm tested Obama's FEMA - Weather- msnbc.com
UK march planned in response to Obama effigy - Latest News ...
Big Dogs House » Blog Archive » Obama’s Katrina Is In Kentucky
Newshoggers.com: FEMA, Obama and the Kentucky Icestorm (Updated)
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - KY ...
Amazon.com: tremendous and quick response from President Obama and ...
Kentucky freezes; Obama dines on $100 a pound steak - FEMA, White ...

Ten hits, two of which are positive and two are negative about the Obama administration's response to the ice storm in Kentucky. Additionally, five stories are neutral and one is unrelated to the storm.




Taking into consideration that:

a. The ice storm in Kentucky is of several orders of magnitude lower than Hurricane Katrina's toll on New Orleans;
b. FEMA being hyper-sensitive to criticism due to their (perceived) lackluster response to Katrina; and
c. Antagonistic media coverage of Barack Obama being as prevalent as unicorn tears;

It's rather telling the difference in the media's perception and portrayal of the official government response to each incident, no?

That is all.

3 comments:

Old NFO said...

Oh just a hair or two different... :-( I'm surprised you were able to find ONE negative...

Mike W. said...

I am not at all surprised. The MSM stopped caring about objectivity long ago, even before Chris Matthews got that "tingle up his leg."

RW said...

Keep in mind, though, that George Bush hates black people. Kanye said so & he speaks for our best & brightest.