Images of homes-torn apart by 100-mph winds, falling rain, and rising tides blanketed the news coverage. On CNN, live Doppler radar in the lower-right hand corner hovered the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P numbers throughout the day. Joe Scarborough on MSNBC took us to his shattered hometown (should I say it...) in Scarborough Country. The world seemed bleak from a Floridian's point of view.
That was two weeks ago, however, and now we hear nothing of the devastating damage done in southeastern United States. Have all the homes been rebuilt? Has all the stormwater found its way to the ocean? Have all the small businesses opened their doors again?
This is the sad reality of television news coverage. The media runs after a powerful story and when no more damage footage is to be shown, they are done with it. End of story.
