The article "Winds of fortune help evacuee escape poverty of New Orleans" is mostly human-interest, but it has some salient bits about the CC. Disabled vet Winfred Compton spent four days there, and says:
"I'd seen people die right next to me and not be able to get no help for them… To see other people […]
On Saturday, Lisa Myers had a segment on NBC News discussing Kathleen Blanco's various mistakes. A transcript is here:
Myers: "Though experts had warned it would take 48 hours to evacuate New Orleans, Blanco did not order a mandatory evacuation that Saturday."
…Myers: "She and the mayor waited until Sunday [Aug. 28] , only 20 hours before […]
This interview downplays the charges of violence at the Superdome.
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The NYT joins the re-writing fray with "Fear Exceeded Crime's Reality in New Orleans".
Before reading that article, you might want to take a look at "FBI investigating NOPD corruption, phantom cops; $5k bonus" and "Mortician contradicts reports downplaying crime, Part 2". Both of those, er, "amplify" the NYT's reporting:
…It is still impossible to say if […]
A DUmmie has an interesting compendium of news reports here. Where all those reports wrong? Or, are we being sold a line with the current spate of articles downplaying violence?
Those who want the truth are facing two powerful forces: "liberals" who want to downplay the fact that there was rampant violence because most of the […]
The 9/14 ABC report "Caviar and Camaraderie Found a Place Inside the New Orleans Convention Center" starts out like this:
The cultural spirit of New Orleans was experienced by some Hurricane Katrina survivors, who managed to dine on gourmet provisions and create a sense of community while waiting for help to reach the city's crowded convention […]
Former FEMA head Mike Brown is scheduled to testify before Congress today about the response to Katrina, and he spoke to congressional aides about that yesterday.
The AP has miraculously obtained a copy of a memo written by a "Republican staffer" who attended that briefing: "Brown Still On FEMA Payroll". Let's be as cynical as possible, […]
Current thinking is that there were six bodies found in the Superdome:
Of those, four died of natural causes, one overdosed and another jumped to his death in an apparent suicide, said Beron, who personally oversaw the turning over of bodies from a Dome freezer, where they lay atop melting bags of ice. State health department […]
The NYT tries to downplay the reports of murders, rapes, carjackings, and assorted violence in "More Horrible Than Truth: News Reports". Somehow I don't think the story is going to stand the test of time as various reports are confirmed.
…And many of the urban legends that sprang up - the systematic rape of children, the […]
This says it appeared on Sep. 10, but it might have been written before then and updated:
Conditions at the Convention Center may not have been as bad as initially thought, said New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass.
He said no bodies of children have been found and there has also been no evidence of sexual assaults.
