Gambit Weekly
New Orleans-based New York Times correspondent
Adam Nossiter says the Times understands that New Orleans is important to the country culturally, if not economically. Also, he says, "the editors have understood that this is an immense human drama -- tens of thousands of people have suffered -- and they're fascinated and horrified by that. They want to continue to bring attention to the fact that people are still suffering. So quite admirably, I think, they've made the determination that they're going to devote a lot of resources to this."