They shoot helicopters, don't they? How journalists spread rumors during Katrina.(Hurricane Katrina)(Column)

Reason | December 1, 2005| | Copyright

On September 1, 72 hours after Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, the Associated Press news wire flashed a nightmare of a story: "Katrina Evacuation Halted Amid Gunfire ... Shots Are Fired at Military Helicopter."

The article flew across the globe via at least 150 news outlets, from India to Turkey to Spain. Within 24 hours commentators on every major American television news network had helped turn the helicopter sniper image into the disaster's enduring symbol of dysfunctional urbanites too depraved to be saved.

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