Outrage Over Katrina Reporting

It's outrageous. We saw a complete breakdown of the media on Katrina reporting and yet no Harriet Mier like outraged, instead the MSM is compounding the slander with constant claims that President Bush's low poll numbers are affected by reports of his administration's tardy response to Katrina - and what they do not report is that most of the dire reports were false.

The New York Times columnist David Sanger cites the President's approval number as 37% based on several reasons, but main among then, the government's alleged late Katrina response.

It takes a blogger, Gateway Pundit, to capsulize the lies of Katrina coverage based on a rare negative story in the Washington Post .

CNN reported repeatedly on Sept. 1, three days after Katrina ravaged New Orleans, that evacuations at the Superdome were suspended because "someone fired a shot at a helicopter."Fact: Louisiana National Guard officials on the ground at the time now say that no helicopters came under attack and that evacuations were never stopped because of
gunfire.

Folklore: During a briefing carried live on local radio and local and national television, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said, "We have gotten reports, but unconfirmed, of some of our deputies and sheriffs that have either been injured or killed.

"Fact: Of the thousands of law enforcement officials who converged on New Orleans, only one was shot. The wound to the leg was self-inflicted in a struggle, a spokesman for the Guard said last week.

Folklore: CNN host Paula Zahn speaking of "reports" of "bands of rapists, going block to
block.

" Fact: No evidence to support this. Officials made arrests for a double homicide and two rapes in Jefferson Parish and one rape in Orleans Parish.

Folklore: Then-Police Chief Eddie Compass "little babies [are] getting raped."

Fact: Compass has retracted this.

As I went online this morning a picture of CNN's Anderson Cooper appeared on my home page threatening to bring up my oatmeal. He's getting his 15 minutes of fame when he should go back to j-school to learn how to report. Cooper, Fox's Shepard Smith and Geraldo Riveria masturbated their egos over Katrina coverage. It was "cry TV" at its worse.