Hurricane Ida pummeled the eastern half of the United States last week, disrupting lives and making the effects of climate change a reality to millions of Americans. Here is a look at the coverage from various major media outlets. Leans toward the right: Wall Street Journal (Opinion): Why Hurricane Ida Wasn’t Katrina The headline of this article and the headline of the Vox article are essentially making the exact opposite claims about Hurricane Ida, which I find very interesting. This article was published the day after Vox characterized Ida as “devastating” to the Gulf Coast, while this piece calls the handling of the hurricane “an American success story.” This is definitely the starkest contrast I’ve seen between outlets that are reporting on the same story. It definitely makes me skeptical; how can two takes on the same event be so different? Surely one of the articles must be spinning the facts. Before I move forward with my analysis of this article, I want to note that it wa...
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