Jed Horne on "Neoconservative" Ray Nagin and "Federal Oppression" in the South

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Tue, Aug 29, 2006 8:22AM

On the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina we speak with Jed Horne, an editor at the New Orleans Times-Picayune and author of "Breach of Faith." Horne says, "Louisiana is part of the old south...The mayor is a Democrat but could probably be called a neoconservative. He's as much a believer in the kind of free market, less-is-more approach to government as Karl Rove, one of his mentors."

When Hurricane Katrina hit, the staff of New Orleans' major newspaper "The Times Picayune" was forced to evacuate the building where the paper was housed. They set up operations in Baton Rouge but continued to publish daily and chronicle the unfolding catastrophe taking place in their city.

In its September 4th edition, the Times Picayune published a blistering open letter to President Bush criticizing him for the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina and calling for the firing of FEMA chief Michael Brown. The paper subsequently won two Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of the disaster.

* Jed Horne, an editor at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. He is the author of "Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City."

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