If the LAT is lying, and a quake strikes, they will have the blood of millions on their hands.
They're media people, Laz. Not only wouldn't they shed a tear, they'd feed of the energy of the suffering with their close ups of anguish and "how do you feels" to the greif-stricken. Hell, to them it would be an all-you-can-eat-bring-the-family night!