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FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing
theodp writes "The Federal Emergency Management Agency's No. 2 official apologized Friday for leading a staged news conference Tuesday in which FEMA employees posed as reporters. All the while, real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions. In the briefing, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson Jr., FEMA's deputy administrator, called on questioners who did not disclose that they were FEMA employees, and gave replies emphasizing that his agency's response to this week's California wildfires was far better than its response to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005."
"....his agency's response to this week's California wildfires was far better than its response to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005." Wow. The gold standard, to which all emergency responses should be judged has finally been exceeded.
FEMA: Making our president look good in comparison since 2000.
FEMA: Where bad decision make someones life better.. we hope.
FEMA: If you can't take the heat fake the press.
FEMA: When drinking becomes a profession.
FEMA: You still get more upside out of us then your executive branch.
FEMA: When disasters strikes.. ohh god your fucked.
FEMA: for great justice.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
When are they going to apologize for faking disaster relief?
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
...because I was there reporting (IAAJ).
Every reporter there had the "required" credentials and these were checked at the door. When I heard about this story I was writing one of my own, and
I no sooner decided to write a piece about how totally fake this story is. It will be publishing tomorrow, and I do expect all here to check it out.
Hey, lets stage a minor disaster that we can handle and are prepared for so we can look like heroes fixing it.
God spoke to me.
Nukular. It's pronounced new-kew-lar.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
It's kinda sad, but unless your next government truly cleans up, you need a revolution, I'm scared and sad to say that less won't do.
I can tell you why that will not happen in two words:
"Baaaaaa......baaaaaaa......"
"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." -- Eric Hoffer
You've got to be kidding on this... wow.
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Don't forget what FEMA was called by a member (can't remember which) in hearings by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Hurricane Katrina: "Failed Every Major Assignment."
Ah, the joys of watching C-SPAN in the middle of the night...
They're doing a Heck of a Job.
in which FEMA employees posed as reporters
Maybe one of these days FEMA employees could start impersonating first responders.
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