Reuters AlertNet - VIEWPOINT: Katrina doesn’t compare to the tsunami: "VIEWPOINT: Katrina doesn’t compare to the tsunami
02 Sep 2005
Source: AlertNet
Perspective is essential in assessing these two very different disasters, warns commentator and consultant Nick Cater.
'This is our tsunami' was one official's comment after Hurricane Katrina swept into the United States and left hundreds – possibly thousands -- dead.
Whatever the comment's intent, it suggests an unfounded comparison that recalls the harsh journalistic maxim that the news value of one death on your doorstep is the equivalent of thousands in a distant land. This latest disaster may be a tragedy costly in lives and dollars, but the tsunami was far, far worse in human terms."
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