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This morning as I scanned the websites of the various media outlets in New Orleans I found it more interesting what was missing than what was there.

Between early Saturday morning and Noon on Wednesday, there were 6 murders. Six murders in 5 days!

I failed to see the screaming headlines about the mounting mayhem.

Maybe I missed something.

Maybe having reach the status of “Murder Capital” of the U.S. there is nothing left to say.

Maybe it’s just that murders are becoming so commonplace in New Orleans that they have become as newsworthy as people running red lights.

Maybe it’s because that as Steve Perry suggested, there are no tourists being killed.

Maybe it’s that the media believed Mayor Ray Nagin when, on Monday, he told the Baton Rouge Press Club: “The state will have some comfort” that New Orleans is getting its law enforcement back on track….

Maybe it’s because the media has accepted the NOPD’s explanation of the murders that it is just “criminals killing criminals.”

Maybe there’s nothing that can be done except to wait on Dr. Lee P. Brown’s plan for “community policing.”

Maybe nobody any longer cares.

Whatever, the dearth of coverage works to the benefit of the public officials responsible for protecting the public. No pressure, no effort.

Any enlightenment will be appreciated. I don’t want to continue to worry about family and friends in New Orleans if there is no problem.

C.B.