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FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing

Posted by Zonk on from the if-you-want-a-job-done-right-do-it-yourself dept.

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."

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  1. FEMA candidate Slogans by king-manic · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. So... by Kierthos · · Score: 5, Funny

    When are they going to apologize for faking disaster relief?

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  3. FEMA's next step? by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, lets stage a minor disaster that we can handle and are prepared for so we can look like heroes fixing it.

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    God spoke to me.
  4. Re:While they're at it... by notnAP · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're doing a Heck of a Job.

  5. Start impersonating competent people by HangingChad · · Score: 4, Funny

    in which FEMA employees posed as reporters

    Maybe one of these days FEMA employees could start impersonating first responders.

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  6. Re:Sorry... by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

    Precisely right. Most Iraqi nationals view U.S. troops as an occupying force, and can you imagine what kind of insurgency Texas would provide if we had an occupying force here in the USA? The suicide op videos would have people screaming "yeee-haw!" instead of "allah akbar?"
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