Nagin Praises, Pans Katrina Coverage

[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John M. Higgins]
Embattled New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin took aim at what he said were the news media's errors and exaggerations covering Hurricane Katrina, giving props to local media and panning the national coverage as a "reality TV" take on the tragedy. In a panel on Katrina coverage at the NATPE Convention in New Orleans Tuesday, Nagin didn't offer details of those errors or exaggerations. But in addition to the stark pictures and stories of actual misery and looting were electrifying, lurid -- and largely unsubstantiated -- tales of murders among displaced residents seeking shelter at the New Orleans Convention Center, children getting raped at the Superdome, and people taking shots at rescue helicopters.
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