Paging Mister Orwell...CNN calls homeless tent camps "havens"

[elehhhhna]

Homeless find temporary haven in tent camps Story Highlights
Tent camps for the homeless are springing up in cities across the nation

Authorities and camp residents often at odds over camp locations
updated 10:03 a.m. EDT, Tue September 29, 2009Next Article in U.S. »

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By Patrick Oppmann
CNN

SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- In cities across the country, people with nowhere to live have done what many would have thought unthinkable before the economic crisis: moved into tents.

Tent camps once associated mainly with the "Hoovervilles" of the Great Depression are springing up in places as varied as Sacramento, California; Nashville, Tennessee; Pinellas County, Florida; Providence, Rhode Island; and Seattle, Washington.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/29/washington.homeless.camp/index.html

[meegbear]

1. ha-ven (noun)

/ˈheɪvən/
1. a harbor or port.
2. any place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum

[foxfeet]

Your headline is misleading.

The article uses the term "temporary haven," which is what these camps are when compared to living alone on the streets. Nobody suggests the tent cities are otherwise a good thing.

[timeforpeace]

2. How come they didn't report on homeless tent camps when Bush was President?