That is not reporting. That is rumor. Statements made by politicians and second-hand "eyewitnesses" should never be taken at face value.
I heard that Pres Bush doesn't care about black people. I heard that global warming caused the hurricanes I heard that the government made the weather "attack" New Orleans to clear waterfront land so it can be stolen by the wealthy. I heard up to 10,000 people had died. Just because someone said it on the air or in print does not make it so. The media did a good job, I thought, of making it clear when it was reporting facts and when it was letting people talk on the air. On 9/26/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read about the rape of a 10 year old on CNN.com, then after a few > days it became multiple child rapes. I watched an interview on CNN > where a woman said a 10 year old was almost raped but ended up with > broken ankles. I had a feeling that was were the rumors started. Then > the rest of the rumors came from interviewing people there that had > heard it from someone else. > The there's this: > In interviews with Oprah Winfrey, Compass reported rapes of "babies," > and Mayor Ray Nagin spoke of "hundreds of armed gang members" killing > and raping people inside the Dome. Unidentified evacuees told of > children stepping over so many bodies, "we couldn't count." > The picture that emerged was one of the impoverished, masses of flood > victims resorting to utter depravity, randomly attacking each other, > as well as the police trying to protect them and the rescue workers > trying to save them. Nagin told Winfrey the crowd has descended to an > "almost animalistic state." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175042 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
