If this was a staged event for media or local consumption, that fact will be buried. Something else will become more important. The media is not an honest self-critic.
The Watch Dogs were barking up the wrong tree. <- A broader look at the media
Local consumption? You mean the people on the bridge around him?
I would think they would've all had to be in on the fraud "hiding their food and water" for the cameras to catch.
I don't think the misery is staged in New Orleans, if you do then you may win some sort of cynic award.