they still lie
I remember watching a reporter trying to fan the flames after Hurricane Rita but the Cajuns didn't fall for the shenanigans, especially after seeing the Katrina hysteria.
One bluntly told the reporter that people are going to die while I sit and answer your questions and wait on the government to get here. I gotta go now. He promptly turned and left the reporter on the spot. That was about the end of the national reporting on Rita.