Great article. Let me add one more sin to your list: Those who keep talking about that storm that hit New Orleans. I lost the only home my family had ever known, most of my community and even my daughter’s school when a 27 foot wall of water (done the math) swept through downtown Long Beach, MISSISSIPPI. The horror,…

This reminds me of how I feel about some of the Ferguson coverage. As a native of the STL, I often shook my head over the way the city and county were described by outside ‘parachute’ journalists. Sometimes it seems almost impossible for outsiders to grasp the nuances of life in a community they've never lived in.