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Hurricane Katrina 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa) Damages $75 billion (2005 USD) (costliest Atlantic hurricane in history) Fatalities ≥1,836 total Areas affected Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Katrina was the... The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. ...

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Many representatives of the news media reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina became directly involved in the unfolding events, instead of simply reporting. Due to the loss of most means of communication, such as land-based and cellular telephone systems, field reporters in many cases became conduits for information between victims and authorities. News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey in August, 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City. ...

Media involvement

Geraldo Rivera reporting from the New Orleans Convention Center on September 2, 2005.

Several reporters for various news agencies located groups of stranded victims, and reported their location via satellite uplink. Authorities, who monitored the network news broadcasts, would then attempt to coordinate rescue efforts based on the news reports. This was best illustrated when Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera of Fox News, among others, reported thousands of refugees stranded at the New Orleans Convention Center. Rivera tearfully pleaded for authorities to either send help or let the refugees leave. Geraldo Rivera went so far as to compare the convention center to Willowbrook State School.^[1] Image File history File links Geraldo Rivera reporting from a shelter set up in response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... Image File history File links Geraldo Rivera reporting from a shelter set up in response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel in 2004. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In journalism, news agencies are bodies established to supply news reports to newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... Shepard Smith (born David Shepard Smith, Jr. ... Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel in 2004. ... Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... The New Orleans Convention Center is a building in New Orleans. ... Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel in 2004. ... Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for mentally retarded children located in central Staten Island in New York City. ...

Many journalists also contributed to the spread of false rumors of lawlessness among the victims, which many have interpreted as an instance of yellow journalism. Many news organizations carried the unsubstantiated accounts that murder and rape were widespread, and in some cases later repeated the claims as fact, without attribution. However, only one actual report of a raping occurred during the uproar.^[2] A few of the reports of rape and violence were based on statements made by New Orleans city officials, including the Chief of Police. Many officials later claimed these rumors often impeded the relief and rescue efforts.^[3] In journalism, yellow journalism is a pejorative reference given to various practices or tendencies of news media organizations which, by the standards of journalistic professionalism, are considered to be unprofessional and detrimental to the principles of journalistic integrity as a whole. ...

Some issues of racial bias in media coverage began to surface as Caucasian flood victims were portrayed in one Agence France-Presse photo as "finding" supplies, while a black person was described in an Associated Press photo as "looting" supplies. The photographers later clarified the two stories, one claiming he witnessed the black person looting a store, while the other photographer described the white people as finding the food floating in floodwaters.^[4] AFP logo Charles Havas Paris headquarters of AFP Agence France-Presse (AFP) is the oldest news agency in the world. ... Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

The news media, both traditional and Internet, also played a role in helping families locate missing loved ones. Many family members, unable to contact local authorities in the affected areas, discovered the fate of a loved one via an online photo or television video clip. In one instance, a family in Clearwater, Florida discovered their mother was still alive in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi after seeing a photo of her on TampaBayStart.com, a regional news site. Bay Saint Louis is a city located in Hancock County, Mississippi. ...

Restrictions on the media

Gaffer's tape identifies journalists to police and military personnel.

As the U.S. military and rescue services regained control over the city, there were restrictions on the activity of the media. Image File history File links KATUTVCar. ... Image File history File links KATUTVCar. ...

On September 9, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, the military leader of the relief effort, announced that reporters would have "zero access" to efforts to recover bodies in New Orleans.^[5] Journalist Brian Williams also reported that in the process of blocking journalists, police even went so far as to threaten reporters with a weapon.^[6] However, at refugee centers such as the Austin Convention Center and the Houston Astrodome, press activity was extensive. Immediately following the government decision, CNN filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order against the federal ban. The next day, spokesperson Col. Christian E. deGraff announced that the government would no longer attempt to bar media access to the victim recovery efforts.^[5] September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré is the commanding general of the U.S. First Army in Fort Gillem, Georgia. ... Brian Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the anchor and managing editor of the most watched news program in the United States, NBC Nightly News, the flagship evening news program of NBC. Williams replaced former Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw on December 2, 2004. ... Austin Convention Center is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Austin, Texas. ... The Reliant Astrodome, formerly just the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas, and is part of the Reliant Park complex. ... The Cable News Network, usually referred to as CNN, is a cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner [1][2]. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ... An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that either prohibits or compels (enjoins or restrains) a party from continuing a particular activity. ...

On September 7, KATU journalist Brian Barker reported that his team was threatened with automatic weapons by U.S. Marshals until they were identified by Brig. Gen. Doug Pritt, commander of the 41st Brigade Combat Team of Oregon, the unit they were embedded with.^[7] Subsequently, his team taped the letters, "TV" on the side of their vehicles in accordance with standard practice in war zones. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... KATU is a television station in Portland, Oregon, USA. It began operation on March 15, 1962 and is an affiliate of the American Broadcasting Company. ... The United States Marshals Service (sometimes incorrectly spelled Marshals Service), a bureau within the United States Department of Justice (see ), is the United Statess oldest federal law enforcement agency. ... The Sunset shoulder patch of the 41st Brigade Combat Team The 41st Brigade Combat Team is an element in the Oregon Army National Guard. ...

Toronto Star staff photojournalist Lucas Oleniuk was thrown to the ground by police in the French Quarter after taking several photographs, including pictures of a firefight between looters and police and the subsequent alleged beating of a looter by the police. The police attempted to take all of his equipment, however he convinced them to just take his camera's memory cards. In a separate incident, freelance photojournalist Marko Georgiev took photos of a body presumably shot and killed by the police. Police then pointed their weapons at the car and ordered the journalists out. They proceeded to search the car and confiscated one of Georgiev's memory cards.^[8] The Toronto Star is Canadas highest circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ...

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