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Contrary To Popular Belief . . .
Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Mon Sep 26, 2005 at 11:30:44 AM EST
New Orleans did not descend into the level of chaos frantic news media reports caused us to believe that it did. Of course, one death is one death too many, but the scores of dead that were feared (happily) did not materialize. Nor was there the fundamental breakdown of social norms that many believed occurred.
It now falls to those who either spread or repeated such stories to retract them. Doing so will restore a semblance of honesty in the analysis of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Failing to do so will cause honest observers to believe that those who continue to spread a false meme have an ulterior motive in doing so.
And we wouldn't want that, now would we?
It now falls to those who either spread or repeated such stories to retract them. Doing so will restore a semblance of honesty in the analysis of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Failing to do so will cause honest observers to believe that those who continue to spread a false meme have an ulterior motive in doing so.
And we wouldn't want that, now would we?
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