@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt9qg0mg.6,
 ISBN = {9780814762226},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qg0mg.6},
 abstract = {In late August 2005, the United States was exposed. Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and became the most lethal and destructive hurricane in U.S. history,¹ causing 1,836 deaths, destroying 300,000 homes,² and costing $150 billion in damages across three states.³ Media coverage of the storm’s aftermath was marked by crime news reports that New Orleans had descended into chaos, anarchy, and lawlessness. However, further investigation revealed that almost all news media reports of looting, shooting, rapes, murders, and mayhem were unsubstantiated, exaggerated, or false.⁴ Federal and state government officials now believe that the erroneous news reports “slowed the response},
 author = {Kathleen C. Haspel},
 booktitle = {Critical Rhetorics of Race},
 pages = {21--46},
 publisher = {NYU Press},
 title = {Apocalypse: The Media’s Framing of Black Looters, Shooters, and Brutes in Hurricane Katrina’s Aftermath},
 year = {2011}
}