Up to 10,000 dead in New Orleans!!
Okay, Katrina">less than 2,000 throughout the coastal states.
Murder, rape, anarchy rampant in the Superdome!
Okay, mostly rumor. Six died.
New Orleans water is a soupy, toxic mix that will kill you if you look at it funny!
Okay, that may be a Katrina tad of an exaggeration.
I expect to see more of this downgrading in the coming weeks and months.
Don't get me wrong, Katrina was a disaster that wrought devastation along the Gulf Coast (it was a hurricane. . . HELLOOOO!), but I really have to wonder how much of a role the media played in making it sound like far more of a hell hole than it actually is turning out to be, and is hence responsible for a lot of the early hysteria.
Posted by Ryan at October 13, 2005 12:16 PM | TrackBackhow much of a role the media played in making it sound like far more of a hell hole than it actually is turning out to be, and is hence responsible for a lot of the early hysteria.
Um.... All of it?
Posted by: Rob@L&R at October 13, 2005 12:53 PMReminds me of the body count estimates reported immediately after 9/11.
Posted by: flamingbanjo at October 13, 2005 01:25 PMYeah, I remember numbers going as high as 40,000+ that day.
Posted by: Ryan at October 13, 2005 02:59 PM
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