"Victim Sits with Burned Hands," Times-Picayune, June 25, 1973.
This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge Fire, 1973: News Coverage
Media outlets published images of the victims with little regard for their privacy. Courtesy of the Times-Picayune.
This file appears in: Upstairs Lounge Fire, 1973: News Coverage
Upstairs Lounge Fire, 1973: News Coverage
National press coverage of the Upstairs Lounge fire was rather light and short-lived considering the scale of the crime. Coverage in New Orleans was insensitive and callous; newspaper reporters…