Bussing for Tips

Recently, the media, particularly cable news (including FOX) have featured stories about greedy entrepenuers in New Orleans who have started bus tours of the flood ravaged areas of the Big Easy. These stories have mostly taken the tone that this is horrendous exploitation of the poor victims of this natural disaster. They spice this story up with pictures of these minibusses traversing the flotsam of storm-ravaged neighborhoods with occasional cuts to the actual flood itself (avec bodies if possible). I find such criticism to be blatantly hypocritical … since these same cable channels have been doing the electronic equivalent of these bus tours for the last three months … and for the big advertising bucks, not just tickets and tips.