...coverage of what happened to the Oakland Bay Bridge? Because I thought it really was a sensational event. The houses on the hills collapsing? Man I would not want to live in your world where these get a quick mention and if you miss it you're screwed.

If coverage of sensational events give people the idea that there is more widespread damage than there is, then the problem may be with the consumers. The media is not equiped nor responsible for gathering statistics and publishing them. There is no way they should manufacture numbers of dead or numbers of autos crushed or houses demolished or flooded. It is their responsibility to publish these numbers quoted from people who are tasked to come up with them. And to interview those who are directly affected.

Man, you want to give more responsibility to the media than you do to FEMA!

Also, you made the indictment that the media "made shit up". Show me that, please.