As daviddennis said: At least he's willing to change his story when the known facts changed. Unlike, say, Dan Rather.
With the exception of the Times-Picayune and (believe it or not) the LA Times, there has been little mention in the press of the press coverage being terribly wrong. I have read at least one story that the reports of mobs at the Superdome resulted in a one-day delay of a relief column until enough troops could be rounded up to put down the reported rampaging mobs.
This should be a big story. There should be widespread re-examination of the fault of FEMA, the mayor and the governor AND the press. But where is this searching examination of a really important event? If Dan Rather is any indication, the press will give out awards for Katrina coverage to the very reporters that screwed up so badly.
Nonsense. A cursory Google News search found a story on most major news sites, many of them picking up a Sept. 27 AP story on the official declaration that the rumors of widespread killings were false. The Guardian (UK) had stories as early as Sept. 6 indicating that some of the more lurid stories were fishy. The Dome and the Convention Center were fully evacuated by Sept. 5, and officials were already reporting that they hadn't found all the murdered bodies they expected.