So the 1000 year flood officially hits Middle TN and all we see on CNN.com is a smiling face of a failed terrorist?  Their photo of the flooding showed …fields????  You have got to be kidding!  To get a small slice of what happened in Nashville and the surrounding areas, check out

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157623858733433/

     Having lived in 3 different parts of Middle TN, I would have never expected to see some of these areas under water.  The only thing this site is missing is photos of the desperate people that need help. .. the ones that didn’t have flood insurance.  Maybe pictures like that will start making it real to the rest of the country.

      Our media outlets have been nothing short of disappointing.  Over the last couple of years they have turned into something I do not recognize and something I think America should never represent!  I hope that someday we will start to have real journalism again.   In the meantime, I will continue to get my news from real people that aren’t solely motivated by money or political pull.

     Here is a Facebook status that I reposted and I encourage all of you to as well:  “hopes all non-Nashvillians will consider texting 90999 to REDCROSS to donate $10 to Nashville flood relief.  These are our neighbors and friends, not someone on an island far away. Haiti got $21 million in a week, because they got the international news coverage -- we've got nothing but one another, and we're really hurting right now. Please repost!"

 

 


Comments

addie

Wed, 05 May 2010 4:02:34 pm

I think it is ridiculous too. I don't watch TV very often, but I've seen the same complaints on FB about the lack of coverage when the president was here (in NOLA) for the oil spill. And don't even get me started about Katrina...

 

Robin

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:52:17 am

It's so frustrating, Addie! I'm more astonished that many people have no idea this happened still. It has barely received mention in the papers, news and internet. Most of what I am seeing passed around is more grass roots. I'm not really understanding why. Is it a disdain for the South in general? Davidson County votes Democrat so it can't, or shouldn't, be political.

 

Addie

Tue, 11 May 2010 11:54:27 am

I don't think it is political. I do think that part of it has to do with the South. We have been looked down upon for... well... ever.
I think the main thing is that the story doesn't 'sell.' People are tired of hearing of floods. I hear that often, even from people who live in North La. They are tired of hearing about Katrina. People she know how to leave. You should have insurance. I think a terrorism scare sells much more t.v. than another flood.
(In my opinion)

 

Robin

Tue, 11 May 2010 12:23:10 pm

A recent comment on my blog posted elsewhere stated that maybe we are empathically spent. I tend to have a little more faith in people than that and I really hope that isn't the case for most people.

I think you are right about what sells tv and what doesn't. However, now the stories coming out of Nashville are amazing! I think the media is missing out on some great feel good t.v!

Thank you for your comments!

 



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