New York, October 29: Two disasters, side by side. Both involve a massive loss of people's homes. One is about California burning, the other about Wall Street churning. The one we saw the most on TV was not necessarily the most serious.
In one, the flames of out of control fires, perhaps, in a few instances, the work of firebugs, becomes a spectacle for wall to wall 'BREAKING NEWS" coverage. There were around the clock helicopter shots and constant online...
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