Accuracy in Media

Here’s what a 2008 USA Today column said about George W. Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina: President Bush has shown that he can be empathetic, sensitive and decisive. But those qualities eluded him for days after Hurricane Katrina, and the lapse could become a defining moment of his White House tenure. The most stirring image […]

A column in The Hill blasted the liberal media for overlooking George W. Bush’s smaller delay to visit the disaster-ridden area of New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina: A very simple question, if George W. Bush was president right now and playing golf with celebrities in one of the richest zip codes in the country, would the […]

The city had a temporary victory when a court denied an injunction against opponents, who want to keep Confederate-era statues where they are. However, the case will probably be appealed to a state court and delay the removal of the statues. Photo by Ron Cogswell

Fox News reported: The shooting took place at around 6 p.m. local time after approximately 500 people had gathered at Bunny Friend Playground in the city’s 9th Ward to film a music video, the New Orleans Police Department said in a statement. Ambulances took 10 victims to area hospitals, and police later learned that another […]

Talk about a scary airport incident, where a man charges TSA agents at the New Orleans airport and it resulted in shots being fired.

WASHINGTON — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, a Democrat, reported Monday to start serving his ten-year prison sentence for corruption. Nagin’s crimes took place as New Orleans was trying to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Reuters reported that some 1,500 people were killed in the city as a result of the hurricane, along with $80 […]

WASHINGTON — Ray Nagin, former Democratic mayor of New Orleans, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption charges. USA Today, using an Associated Press release, reported earlier that Nagin will most likely receive a serious and stiff sentence for his crimes, which range from bribery to money laundering. Most major news outlets failed to report […]

WASHINGTON — The disgraced former mayor of New Orleans, C. Ray Nagin, is on trial for federal corruption charges and claimed he was a defender of the city while serving as mayor. Reuters reported that Nagin testified that he kept his personal business separate from city affairs, while facing charges of accepting bribes in exchange […]