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.
Ditto, though I would add that Anderson Cooper did exactly the same kind of thing from New Orleans.
It made both of them into "stars," which has shielded them, to a certain extent, from having their errors exposed. I don't think that will hold up much longer. Cooper, particularly, is having ratings problems with his show having lower ratings that Aaron Brown, who had the spot but was fired to make way for the new "wunderkind." I don't think there will be too many folks unwilling to take out the long knives for either one of them if the opportunity arises.