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Media Coverage of Katrina

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According to Kansas City Star columnist Lewis Diuguid, not since the OJ trials have black and white communities been as divided in opinion about a national event. Diuguid spoke to KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross about media coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

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KCUR's KC Currents and local Morning Edition 9/4/05

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