Superdome Anarchy Overstated

We shouldn't be surprised that the Bush bashing, agenda driven, liberal media discarded any semblance of factual reporting in their irresponsible, sensationalized coverage of the New Orleans Superdome.

The vast majority of reported atrocities -- murders, rapes, violence, scores of dead bodies -- have turned out to be false.

"...newspapers and television exaggerated criminal behavior" coming out of a rumor mill "treated as fact by evacuees, the media and even some of New Orleans' top officials".

On national TV, Mayor Nagin told Oprah of people "in that frickin' Superdome for five days watching dead bodies, watching hooligans killing people, raping people". Not true, yet Nagin has not stepped down as has Police Chief Eddie Compass and Mike Brown of FEMA.

Another example is Aaron Broussard on MTP accusing the feds of murdering an old lady by not coming to her rescue for five days, when in fact she was one of the drowning victims at St. Rita's on the first day of the flood.

When subsequently confronted about his false claims, Broussard responded to Tim Russert with, "Man, get out of my face".

Amid all the lies came calls for accountability.

"But now even the mainstream media is figuring out that its performance in New Orleans was a disgrace, an emotion-binging joyride fueled by urban myth, rumor, and a deep desire to injure the Bush administration."

Where are the calls for journalistic accountability?

More at Power Line.

WSJ via Instapundit:
For FEMA, "rumors of lawlessness simply delayed on-the-ground relief efforts".

--LynZee