A Request.
We’ve already gotten a stack of submissions and additions for our timeline project. So please, keep them coming.
But I have another request.
As we discussed last night, there are now clear signs of an administration attempt to invoke a press blackout on what is happening within the disaster zone.
With thousands of bodies under the water in New Orleans, I will not be so myopic as to say that this is the story to focus on. In fact, though, it’s close. Because if the attempt succeeds the public will lose the ability to know the facts about what happened in this tragic episode — the facts about what happened, how it happened, why it happened. As I said last night, having failed to ameliorate the tragedy as it occurred, the administration now seems dead-set on sanitizing and concealing the details of what transpired.
So, if you see press reports of bans on press access of any kind, please send them in to us. Second, if you’re a reporter on the scene — or anyone on the scene who has relevant information, for that matter — and you have more details you can share about what’s happening, please send them in. Your anonymity will be assured.
