Originally Posted By: Jeff_McCann
The events surrounding H. Katrina were hideously misreported, both by wild exaggeration and hysteria or lying, and by non-or-underreporting. What happened to those stacks of dead bodies reportedly at the Superdome? They didn’t exist.

Thanks for bringing this point up, Jeff. The popular image of what happened during Katrina is very distorted, particularly the part about the alleged level of violence and mayhem. I don't think most people are aware that major news outfits like the Times-Picayune and LA Times later reported that most of what they initially published about Katrina was wrong, unsubstantiated rumors, or gross exaggerations.