Holy Shit...

[kallistii]

When CNN is going out and saying that the public officials of the US government are lying, and then prints side by side statements from the official and the truth from someone on the ground in NOLa, you know there is something seriously wrong.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/katrina.response/index.html

Here's a sample of what is happening:

re: The federal response:

# FEMA chief Brown: Considering the dire circumstances that we have in New Orleans, virtually a city that has been destroyed, things are going relatively well.

# Homeland Security Director Chertoff: Now, of course, a critical element of what we're doing is the process of evacuation and securing New Orleans and other areas that are afflicted. And here the Department of Defense has performed magnificently, as has the National Guard, in bringing enormous resources and capabilities to bear in the areas that are suffering.

# Crowd chanting outside the Convention Center: We want help.

# Mayor Nagin: They don't have a clue what's going on down there.

# Phyllis Petrich, a tourist stranded at the Ritz-Carlton: They are invisible. We have no idea where they are. We hear bits and pieces that the National Guard is around, but where? We have not seen them. We have not seen FEMA officials. We have seen no one.

Comments

[concordantnexus.livejournal.com]

Jeezus! If CNN (the ones that have to TELL you that "they're the Most Trusted Name in News" so that you swallow their pablum) are ceasing to stop toeing the official propaganda line...

[juniorcrone.livejournal.com]

What surprises me the most is that CNN is usually an instrument for right-wing propaganda...

I applaud CNN for daring to contradict Bush Administration officials for once!

[kallisti.livejournal.com]

One of the interesting perspectives that I gained from my time the North Carolina is that down there, they consider CNN to be a "liberal", left-wing news organization...in fact, they call CNN the "Clinton News Network". And Clinton is *hated* by the right wing in the US...

ttyl