Katrina: Democracy Now!'s Annual Blaxploitation By Bob Parks

I am not a glutton for punishment.

I watch portions of Free Speech TV's Democracy Now! because it's a part of my daily employment duties. You know, make sure it properly airs so the local libs don't go off in a conspiracy theory tirade. They know I work where I work, and are always suspicious I may be up to some funny business.

But as a Black man, I am also disgusted on an almost daily basis by the parade of Black victims trotted out by hostess Amy Goodman. It's as if she considers herself this Great White Hope; the only chance these poor people have to get the justice only her show's exposure can assure. She is their lone, caring voice in this insensitive, corporate, racist world we live in.

How liberal.

During the August 30th episodic, Miss Amy was in New Orleans commemorating the second anniversary of the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina. Goodman was, of course, reporting from the hood.

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