Ultimately, the truth will be known.
I will never forget Whoraldo and Shemp Smith of Fox screaming about all the dead bodies floating everywhere. The trouble was they never produced the video of it.
Three sentences to the obvious lie - only the MSM 'reports' stuff. Grubberment officials might whisper in their ear but without the approval of the MSM it doesn't get out.
Actually, it really didn't take the internet to see through all the lies. Just listen to the newscasters and it was evident. Yes, Shep is right at the top of that list.
hmm...the MSM creating the news rather then just doing their job and reporting it....how out of character....
Caviar at the Convention Center?
Tags: social organization, looting, convention center
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 center.
Where'd the caviar come from? Did people bound for the Convention Center take jars with them? Of course not: it and champagne were looted from hotels in the area.
The report goes on to detail the experiences of Brian Corey and his roommate Jeff Rusnack. They were going to ride out the storm at their apartment in the French Quarter but "given the dire security situation that surrounded them" they decided to get out of town. They found the bridges closed, then went to the CC. According to ABC they describe a more tranquil, cooperative scene than what you might have heard. They also say there was no media around to observe.
They describe how things were bartered for and how the gangs became the good guys (???) and passed out supplies to the needy. And:
But they didn't rest long. They're now in St. Louis preparing prints of their photos to be sold on eBay with proceeds going to hurricane relief, and are starting work on a book to detail their experiences and offer "a sense of what was lost.
http://katrinacoverage.com/page/7/
This really isn't a story about the media.
No-one could seriously expect the media not to report the story of people being raped at the Superdome when that had been confirmed by the Police Chief of the city. If they hadn't reported it, people on blogs and internet forums would have been screaming the place down demanding to know why the story was being supressed.
Likewise, the 'possible death toll of 10,000' (originally came from David Vitter I believe and was picked up by Ray Nagin), was always reported as being conjecture and who had said it - those stories were not 'lies'.
Now, lots of people said things that they shouldn't have (ok, lets be fair, they were under a lot of pressure, etc). Shooting the messenger doesn't achieve much.
But Oprah said it was so! How could it not be true?
I listened to one lie after another come out of the corrupt officials mouthes down there and I don't think we will ever get the 100% truth out of anyone or any news media because very lie that has been told, 10 people come and try to make an excuse or just plain cover it up.