Rolled Up Sleeves [1]
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton [2] on
Email correspondence [3] from the Federal Emergency Management Agency [4] during the peak of the Hurricane Katrina [5] crisis reads like a skit from "Saturday Night Live," according to Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz. Highlights include notes from FEMA director Michael Brown [6]'s press secretary, fretting that he needed more time for dinner [7] before a TV appearance, and advice to Brown on how to pose for cameras: "Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt, all shirts. Even the president rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow. In this [crisis] and on TV you just need to look more hard-working."