More like "Large spike in background radiation in New York area", or "Mysterious flash seen near New York City."
This is weird. Unless it truely ended up being a non-event, such as a gas main explosion with no fatalities.
Remember, the press reported rumors as fact during Katrina, they are probably a little gun shy to report too fast now.
(I look for a future headline something like: "Nuclear detonation in Midtown Manhattan -- terrorism not suspected.")
More like "Large spike in background radiation in New York area", or "Mysterious flash seen near New York City."
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And,... "Yes, that third arm you are growing is normal."
During Katrina, they knowingly reported rumor as fact because they had a clear battleplan: Bush is to blame for everything we can find... so find everything we can.
With this, it's trickier. Yes, they can say it's Bush's fault we're being attacked at home because of the war in Iraq. And the idiots who conveniently forget everything prior to March 19, 2003 will believe them. But there's no body count here. There's no footage to beat him over the head with. Bush can counter that the enemy is reduced to these smaller attacks because we have them preoccupied on their own turf, and he'll likely win that point with 3/4 of the people (the ones who still remember what it looked like when the towers fell).
Plus, reporting these things goes against the media's natural inclination to protect Islam. See the way they reported the anthrax attacks, the El AL shooting at LAX, the DC sniper, etc. They only report on Islam's crimes when they have to, when they're impossible to ignore -- and when they can ultimately blame the United States.
They're not touching this story because they suspect this was an Islamist, just like the rest of us.