[Smogger]

But the attack on Charity Hospital is not a rumor

I am not watching TV. But what makes it an "attack?" Because someone heard a gunshot?

[hipaatwo]

NO! BECAUSE DR. GUPTA ON CNN IS IN BATON ROUGE TRYING TO GET THERE AND IS IN CONTACT WITH THE HOSPITAL STAFF. I don't think Gupta would spread a rumor do you ?

[TrebleRebel]

But what makes it an "attack?" Because someone heard a gunshot?

Actually the report of snipers is very credible:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/katrina.impact/index.html

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans' Charity Hospital halted efforts to evacuate its patients after it came under sniper fire, according to Dr. Tyler Curiel, who witnessed the incidents. The attack came as New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued "a desperate SOS" for the thousands of people stranded in an around the city's convention center with no food or water and fading hope. Curiel and his National Guard escorts, were returning to the hospital after dropping off patients at nearby Tulane Medical Center, when someone started shooting at their convoy of Humvees. "We were coming in from a parking deck at Tulane Medical Center, and a guy in a white shirt started firing at us," Curiel said. "The National Guard (troops), wearing flak jackets, tried to get a bead on this guy. "