On the news they reported as a few confirmed and many as yet to be confirmed.
Here's an example:

At least two people, including a child, have been raped as the arena
darkened at night. At least three people have died, including one man
who jumped 50 feet to his death, saying he had nothing left to live
for.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002463400_katrinasuperdome01.html


On 9/26/05, Jerry Johnson wrote:
> 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.
>

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