New Orleans Deaths Exaggerated By Media?

The media's role in New Orleans deserves extensive study. Aside from irresponsibly laying blame for the immediate response almost entirely on the federal government and losing all perspective for the big picture, it now appears that the number of deaths at the Superdome and Convention Center were nowhere near what we'd been led to believe.

(Hat tip: Lucianne.)

Update: Power Line says It's Time to Investigate the Press.