Some Reports of N.O. Violence Exaggerated

Associated Press ^ | Sep 27 | MICHELLE ROBERTS

[pepperhead]

Oh, thank goodness there were ONLY two murders

Two murders is like a slow week down in New Orleans.

[donozark]

Nancy Grace was particuarly "outraged" by all this...

[pepperhead]

Sure did! At FR and elsewhere, bought it hook, line, and sinker.

It was amazing to see so many freepers get duped.

[radiohead]

It was exaggerated. Imagine that.

And on top of that, it was the behavior of blacks that was exaggerated. Liberals always find it easy to point to 'primitive' blacks who obviously need their attention and largess to improve themselves. How many accounts of resettled evacuees gone wild were posted right here on FR? I personally read of a white family who had taken in evacuees and was murdered in their beds. I knew at the time it was BS, but the racebaiters and hate mongers of both sides are always at work - this wretched reporting just fed the flames.

If I had a turn of mind that lent itself to conspiracies, I'd almost think it was done by the press on purpose.

[Smogger]

But it appears that if the MSM report confirms one's worldview here, it's automatically legitimate. No questions asked.

Yeah.. well that scenario was repeated in spades around here during Katrina.

[Smogger]

It was amazing to see so many freepers get duped.

While some were duped there is a frigntningly vocal contingent on here that wanted the stories to be true to confirm their racist worldview.

[BnBlFlag]

Who are we going to believe? The MSM or the people who were actually there.
And BTW, why would the behaviour of these savages in NOLA be a reflection on the Bush administration?

[rdb3]

Oh, thank goodness there were ONLY two murders. Well then it was an experiment in human kindness and generosity at the super dome.

Cute. Your smarminess isn't fooling anyone. If it was exaggereated, it was exaggerated.

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[ez]

He said that he did see people dying, but that those deaths were most likely a result of the heat and lack of water.

So whom is responsible for providing these people with water and safe temperatures? Mayor Nagin...

[rdb3]

The MSM or the people who were actually there.

People in New Orleans said it was exaggerated. Now who do you believe?

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[rdb3]

We had six deaths: four from natural causes, one suicide, and one overdose.

There were no homicides.

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[oldcomputerguy]

"I think he was in Baton Rouge...Who knows?"

He was in the city.

[frogjerk]

"I think he was in Baton Rouge...Who knows?"

He was in the city.

Even if he was, did he really make a difference? It would have probably been better if just never showed up.

[Phosgood]

"there is a frigntningly vocal contingent on here that wanted the stories to be true to confirm their racist world view"...

There was very little coming out of New Orleans to dispel
"their racist world view"...

[rdb3]

"their racist world view"...

That's what it was.

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[andyk]

And believe it or not, I'm not pointing this out to use as a bludgeon to hit anyone over the head.

Oh, I didn't think you were bludgeoning anyone. The fact is, I did believe much of what was reported with regard to the superdome. It was too incredible to believe, yes, but it was repeated over and over, by every news organization, on both ends of the spectrum.

My point is that since we all are normally circumspect on what comes out of the MSM, we should be this way consistently. But it appears that if the MSM report confirms one's worldview here, it's automatically legitimate. No questions asked.

There's no doubt that it's tempting to believe sources inasmuch as they validate one's own beliefs. It's one thing for me to doubt the MSM's characterization of Republicans, but it seems another level altogether to doubt the MSM's reporting of what should be hard facts. I know, every story should be based on hard facts, but reporting 10 times the amount of known casualties seems in a completely different league than quoting someone out of context, for example.

It's harder for me to think that I need to filter through a story that claims that 20 or 30 people were killed in the superdome, than it is to think I need to filter through a story that claims that Republicans want to kill kids and old people, and pollute the air and water. The former deals with ostensible hard facts, and the latter deals with characterizations and personal opinions that are presented as fact.

Remember a month or so ago when those thugs in Seattle attacked two servicemembers? The automatic assumption was that the thugs were black, and the victims, who were servicemen, were white.

I remember that very well. I remember being very angry at whoever did it, and suffering from my own cognitive dissonance. I knew that regardless of the race(s) of the servicemen, it was a terrible crime. At the same time, I felt that the first story I read was incomplete because races were excluded.

[rdb3]

It's harder for me to think that I need to filter through a story that claims that 20 or 30 people were killed in the superdome, than it is to think I need to filter through a story that claims that Republicans want to kill kids and old people, and pollute the air and water. The former deals with ostensible hard facts, and the latter deals with characterizations and personal opinions that are presented as fact.

That's understandable. But remember we're talking about the MSM here. Their whole raison d'etre is to lie, obfuscate, and enhance the Left at any and all cost. What I suggest is that after hearing them, just hold up a minute. We're dealing with liars here, and everything may not appear as it seems coming from them.

They have proven time and time again that they are not to be trusted. That's sad, but nevertheless true.

I wouldn't have believed those airliners slammed into the WTC at first if I didn't see the second strike in real time. I don't trust the MSM, like I don't trust Democrats, at all.

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[Diva Betsy Ross]

It isn't meant to fool anyone. Not everything is a grand conspiracy against you.

[WestTexasWend]

What's more insulting is the MSMs excuse for not showing the Big Picture: that their audience isn't smart enough to see it (kinda like those Magic Eye posters). So they zoom in on the parts they want you to see and don't show the rest, assuring you it's all you need to know. Every day they promise you chicken and show up with feathers... and think you won't know the difference.

Well, thanks to AlGore's internet, anyone can find out what they need to know or want to know...Big Picture, Microscopic Picture and everything between...without a TV, radio, newspaper or magazine. People are finding facts and stories that the MSM has grown too lazy, corrupt or indifferent to provide. That's why Dan Rather is crying.

[rdb3]

It isn't meant to fool anyone. Not everything is a grand conspiracy against you.

Did I say or infer that it was, sapphire?

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