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http://www.nola.com/newslogs/tporleans/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_tporleans/archives/2005_09_26.html#082732

As usual, kneejerk reactions and faulty reports by those there made what was a hectic situation seem absolutely chaotic by the media.

Of course, This story is probably not going to be seen by even a tenth of those who heard "horror stories" of the dome. Why run news that proves that things aren't as bad as you reported? It won't sell papers, that's for sure. Damn Media.

[Conservative mode]

Why are you still going on about this? It's happened, it's forgotten, let go, it's time to move on. Why dwell on the past? Quit living in the past. :rolleyes:

[/Conservative mode]

[Conservative mode]

Why are you still going on about this? It's happened, it's forgotten, let go, it's time to move on. Why dwell on the past? Quit living in the past. :rolleyes:

[/Conservative mode]yep and it will happen again so don't worry about it. people no longer hold the news services to any form of Fact Finding or verification nowdays. any lies and false reporting is ok as long as the ratings are good.

There may not have been any murders, but I am pretty sure that there was at least one great train robbery.
Blood sells; Sex sells; Nuns don't sell, unless they are sexy and bleeding, but then they probably aren't very good Nuns.
So, where was I? Oh yes, I don't see why anyone would be surprised, the news exaggerates everything. The problem, of course, is that it is a cyclical thing. Everyone starts expecting stories to get ovverblown, so when something real happens, it gets massively overblown, like what is happening post-Katrina.
After all, if you portray every city as a gritty urban hell land where gangs are shooting cops all over the place, no one gets excited when a few yahoos get out of control after a Natural Disaster because you've been telling people that that is the way things have always been.
So as a result you have to sex the situation up to Post-Apocalyptic nuclear wasteland levels the likes of which are rarely seen outside of crappy scifi and eventually you reach the point where someone is reporting that zombies have taken over New Orleans and are battling the Alien Overlords who caused the hurricane for dominance over the bulk of Louisiana.
Finally, everyone with a grudge loved Katrina. Fundies got to see the center of Mardis Gras go to hell. Neo-Nazis got to laugh about blacks being stupid animals. Foriegners got to enjoy every single stereotype that they could come up with for Americans coming true. Communists loved seeing capatilsts go down the shitter while Castro personally saved Cuba by blowing out over the Ocean and sending the storm into the Imperialist groin of the U.S.

Any one played the game of chinese whispers?
Well start with a fact and pass it around several thousand frightened and confused people and see what you come up with.

I for one am very pleased that the deaths and reports of rapes were grossly exagerated.

There may not have been any murders, but I am pretty sure that there was at least one great train robbery.
Blood sells; Sex sells; Nuns don't sell, unless they are sexy and bleeding, but then they probably aren't very good Nuns.
So, where was I? Oh yes, I don't see why anyone would be surprised, the news exaggerates everything. The problem, of course, is that it is a cyclical thing. Everyone starts expecting stories to get ovverblown, so when something real happens, it gets massively overblown, like what is happening post-Katrina.
After all, if you portray every city as a gritty urban hell land where gangs are shooting cops all over the place, no one gets excited when a few yahoos get out of control after a Natural Disaster because you've been telling people that that is the way things have always been.
So as a result you have to sex the situation up to Post-Apocalyptic nuclear wasteland levels the likes of which are rarely seen outside of crappy scifi and eventually you reach the point where someone is reporting that zombies have taken over New Orleans and are battling the Alien Overlords who caused the hurricane for dominance over the bulk of Louisiana.
Finally, everyone with a grudge loved Katrina. Fundies got to see the center of Mardis Gras go to hell. Neo-Nazis got to laugh about blacks being stupid animals. Foriegners got to enjoy every single stereotype that they could come up with for Americans coming true. Communists loved seeing capatilsts go down the shitter while Castro personally saved Cuba by blowing out over the Ocean and sending the storm into the Imperialist groin of the U.S.

LOL that is the funniest thing I have read all day:D and possibly the most true :( can I email it to my hubby? please,please he had a bad day.... :(

Any one played the game of chinese whispers?
Well start with a fact and pass it around several thousand frightened and confused people and see what you come up with.
I tried to play that game once, but when they were supposed to whisper the phrase back to me they just started crying and saying stupid things like "Please don't kill me! For the love of God, just please!"
FOOLS! I said "Peanut Brittle tastes good on Sundays." I never once mentioned God or killing or love.
Then these nice men came by and let me stay in their house in this nice little padded room where everyone was happy and there were these nice little pills that made the world all melty.
I for one am very pleased that the deaths and reports of rapes were grossly exagerated.
Well, I, for one, am not! Those people are just going to have to go back there and stay until they can get it right! I, and the rest of the consuming public, demand our Blood and Circular Saws!
We want death, destruction, and MAXIMUM CARNAGE!

LOL that is the funniest thing I have read all day:D and possibly the most true :( can I email it to my hubby? please,please he had a bad day.... :(
Email it to everyone! The infection that is Fiddleism must spread as far and fast as possible before someone figures out where I am keeping my secret lair and puts a stop to my plans.

Looks like the media and government have engaged "cover-up" mode.