As the weeks and months passed, the media narrative around Katrina began to shift again, this time towards a more critical examination of the government's response to the disaster. Photographs and reports highlighted the perceived failures of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Bush administration, with many critics arguing that the response was slow, inadequate, and racially biased.

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