SPREADING RUMOURS ABOUT THE BIG EASY

A look at how false media reports span out of control during the Hurricane Katrina crisis.

Or maybe they helped, in a curious sort of way:

It is plausible that the exaggerations helped make the outside response quicker than it otherwise would have been, potentially saving lives. As with many details of this natural and manmade disaster, we may never know.

(Via Arts & Letters Daily)