while the top U.S. diplomat in Myanmar said Wednesday that [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf"]up to 100,000 people MAY have died[/FONT] in the devastating cyclone.
Tuesday.... "A U.S. diplomat said the death toll from Saturday's cyclone, now tentatively at least [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]22,000[/FONT], could reach 100,000"
"....estimated on Wednesday that the death toll in Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"] exceeded[/FONT] [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]50,000[/FONT], based on its local knowledge"
This morning...."Myanmar's military government has put the death toll at [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]22,500[/FONT]"
2 hours ago...State Myanmar radio and television reported a death toll of [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]22,980[/FONT] with 42,119 missing and 1,383 injured
An hour ago... An estimated [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]80,000[/FONT] people died in the delta's Labutta district alone,
..............from the same article....recent Myanmar government estimates put the death toll at [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]70,000,[/FONT] mainly in the delta area.
[FONT size=2]Save the Children said Tuesday that it expected the death toll from Myanmar's devastating cyclone to reach [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]as high as[/FONT] [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff80"]50,000[/FONT][/FONT]
I understand the overwhelming impossibilities to accurately report something of this nature, but the news is supposed to be the news. Should it not report what they KNOW....not what they think? And if they are going to report what they think they know, some consistency across the board should be considered.
(rant finished)
My heart too goes out to these people. Aside from the unbelievable fear they must have endured during this being unfathomable.....but the fears they must face now are horrifying.