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Post-Katrina, TV news gave itself a big pat on the back, rightfully so: the anchors showed stamina and guts, the images were vivid.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Post-Katrina, TV news gave itself a big pat on the back, rightfully so: The anchors showed stamina and guts, the images were vivid. But what television gave in immediacy, it took in lurid exaggeration. At the cold distance of a fortnight, the New York Times wrote: "[M]any of the urban legends that sprang up--the systematic rape of children, the slitting of a 7-year-old's throat--so far seem to be just that. The fact that some of these rumors were ...

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