[andyk]

I think all the looting that we DID see predisposed us to believe many of the things that we DIDN'T see.

There's no doubt that the video of looters made the unimaginable much easier to believe.

[smonk]

--- There's no doubt that the video of looters made the unimaginable much easier to believe.---

The MSM abhors a news vacuum. in this case, they chose to fill the void with baseless rumors.