Media Coverage of CNN Victory
by TChris
MediaMatters calls attention to an underreported story: CNN's lawsuit to vindicate its right to photograph (against the initial wishes of the Bush administration) victims of Hurricane Katrina.
In response to restrictions placed on the media covering the Hurricane Katrina disaster by New Orleans emergency operations chief Terry J. Ebbert and Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, CNN successfully filed suit against the U.S. government to protect the right of the press to photograph the deceased victims of the hurricane. But aside from CNN, most major media outlets have given scant coverage to, or ignored entirely, CNN's legal victory or the subsequent reported violations of the federal court order by government personnel on the ground.
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