The Standard-Examiner's managing editor had an interesting piece in today's edition. I really like the weekly "Behind the Headlines" feature, by the way, wherein several alternating Std-Ex editors variously give us a an insiders' view of newspaper publishing.
According to today's article, the Std-Ex editors are finding themselves in some kind of dilemma, on the question of how to "label" the citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana, as these people are being forcefully spirited out of their neighborhoods and homes, to be "relocated" to podunk American places, far from their own homes and relations.
The editorial dilemma, explains Std-Ex head honcho editor Andy Howell, is whether to label them "evacuees" or "refugees." You can read about this tempest in a teapot here.
For my own part, I'll suggest that we might consider throwing out Andy's dilemma, and and await more facts to eliminate the possibility that we may ultimately have to label some of these displaced people for what some of them seem to have become -- if we're going to label them at all -- "detainees," for reasons you can read about here.
Comments, anyone?
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3 comments:
Ogden is being slowing bled to death by a bunch of imcompetent fools in city hall and the editors of the substandard can only contemplate what to call the victims of the hurricane? Par for this paper's course.
I really doubt that this poor excuse for a newspaper cares one whit about these people. The substandard was certainly cheering the little mayor on when he was trying to kick poor people in Ogden out of their homes so he could give them to Wal-Mart. What is the difference here or there? Poor disinfranchised people are victims losing their homes in both cases.
My friend who lives in Houston says the New Orleans evacuee-musicians have made the Houston "street musician scene" MUCH more interesting than before.
Have a look at this, Rudy. It's sickening.
The real heroes and sheroes of New Orleans
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