We've got to get this out - I started doing this a couple of days ago concerning the computer models that prediced up to 60,000 dead. The actual death toll thus far is about 1,340, with a few hundred missing and presumed dead. A death toll of 2,000 would be about 3% of the worst-case scenario, about 6% of the mid-range scenario. In other words, this was an extraordinarily successful disaster response, not the bungled mess of media mythology. A few hysterical, grandstanding reporters in New Orleans set the tone early on, and the "botched rescue effort" became unquestioned dogma. Then the blame game started, and no one even asked if it was true.
The majority of misinformation came from Shepard Smith on Fox News. He stood on that bridge and repeated and reiterated lie after lie after lie and it stuck. I haven't watched that little creep since then.