The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated
Sep 26th, 2005 by bill
The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated
The vast majority of reported atrocities committed by evacuees — mass murders, rapes and beatings — have turned out to be false, or at least unsupported by any evidence, according to key military, law-enforcement, medical and civilian officials in positions to know.
“I think 99 percent of it is [expletive],” said Sgt. 1st Class Jason Lachney, who played a key role in security and humanitarian work inside the Dome. “Don’t get me wrong — bad things happened. But I didn’t see any killing and raping and cutting of throats or anything … 99 percent of the people in the Dome were very well-behaved.”
I doubt this lapse in jounalism standards will reach the notoriety on RatherGate but journalists continue to have a real credibility problem. They know what they should be verifying stories with multiple creditable sources but they don’t or won’t.
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