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FEMA News Conference

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Anonymous

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Did you watch it yesterday? The Director did a good job handling the questions, right? Well, he should have. They weren't from reporters; they were from FEMA employees! :roll:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502488.html
 

Mike

Well-known member
That's about as comical as the time Bush was giving a speech in a U.S. manufacturers warehouse and there were boxes behind him with the words "Made in China" printed on them. :shock:
 
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Anonymous

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A continuation of the smoke and mirrors facade that has been advocated all along by this Administration--but they got caught this time, and now have to make things look good... :( :(

FEMA Apologizes for Fake News Conference on Fires

Saturday, October 27, 2007 8:35 AM



The U.S. government's main disaster-response agency apologized on Friday for having its employees pose as reporters in a hastily called news conference on California's wildfires that no news organizations attended.


The Federal Emergency Management Agency, still struggling to restore its image after the bungled handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, issued the apology after The Washington Post published details of the Tuesday briefing.


"We can and must do better, and apologize for this error in judgment," FEMA deputy administrator Harvey Johnson, who conducted the briefing, said in a statement. "Our intent was to provide useful information and be responsive to the many questions we have received."


No actual reporter attended the news conference in person, agency spokesman Aaron Walker said.
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FEMA is reviewing its press procedures and will make changes to ensure they are "straightforward and transparent," Johnson said on Friday.

full story:
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/fema_fires/2007/10/27/44443.html
 
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Anonymous

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kolanuraven said:
Bottom line.... the President thinks American people are dumber than he is!!!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

From reading this board, some of them are. :)
 
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Anonymous

Guest
The media reported that the man responsible for this fake press conference, John Philbin, had resigned. It's about time someone was held accountable, right?

Not so fast.

Philbin's last scheduled day at FEMA was Thursday. He has been named as the new head of public affairs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI spokeswoman Vanee Vines said.

Business as usual for these guys. Tell a lie, make excuses if you get caught, promote the guy telling the lie.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/26/AR2007102602157.html
 
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