you would never see what problems those people are having unless there was a video posted on the internet. You're not going to get it from the news. There is somewhat of a media blackout wrt the oil spill if you haven't noticed. Of course there is a need to protect people from panic but there should also be an obligation to report the truth. The way I see it you have to go find the stories and root out the truth.
Let's say you watched a video posted here and it gave you a reason to get out of your chair and do something. By acting out you ended up making a difference. Then would you say posting videos was moot?
Let it not be said that we did nothing. But what I do I do because I like to do