Media Lied, People Died
Michael Fumento, who's writings I've enjoyed for about 10 years, details at Tech Central instances of the media's Katrina-hysterics that led to death, including:
h/t Instapundit
For example, efforts to evacuate by helicopter some of the 200 patients at New Orleans' Hospital halted for a day because of reports of sniper fire. According to CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, two patients died awaiting evacuation. ...Where's the 60 Minutes, 20/20 or CNN special on what went wrong with the reporting? Where is any admission of regret, or even wrongdoing?
Nagin also ordered virtually the entire police force to abandon search-and-rescue efforts in order to stop the non-existent "roving bands." Turns out some of the worst criminals were his own police, but even New Orleans' not-so-finest weren't killing or raping.
h/t Instapundit
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