TIL that media reporting during Hurricane Katrina mischaracterized flood survivors looking for food and water as violent criminals, creating a false narrative of mass anarchy that took weeks to debunk

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/16/hurricane-katrina-new-orleans-looting-violence-misleading-reports
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1wraupt/til_that_media_reporting_during_hurricane_katrina/