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To: GOPrincess
"Shep was very clear that there were no resources available for the people on the bridge in the immediate area. Was he lying and there was really a Salvation Army station in walking distance? Why would he lie about that?"

Shep was never more than 1/2 mile away from the Superdome during his reports from I-10 today, and usually he was closer. His female (don't know her name) counterpart with Fox was standing next to a Salvation Army relief center located under I-10 at the Superdome. He claimed nobody was getting any water, food, or help all day (despite actually getting video of trucks loaded with water and supplies parking on the interstate). His female counterpart explained that refugees were receiving good care including food water and medical care. Later, Shep told Brit that nothing was being done to help refugees just as a convoy of motor coaches full of refugees drove behind him leaving the Superdome. It was almost funny. Was he lying? I don't think he was outright lying. I think he just found the story he wanted and ran with it. He is obviously under a lot of emotional stress. I just don't think he is the right person for Fox to rely on at this stage of the game.

1,813 posted on 08/31/2005 10:33:58 PM PDT by Rokke
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To: Rokke
"I think he just found the story he wanted and ran with it."

He was talking about the folks around him. Tell me the family that had the child that was suffering from sickness and dehydration were they supposed to swim their way through 5 foot of water to get to the Super Dome where they had stopped letting folks into already or how about the poor elderly woman who was brought to the bridge area by boat and could barely walk, was she supposed to swim over there. Or how about the heart patient guy, I suppose you are going to tell me the swim would do him good?

Shep was right, there needed to be some officals show up there and get the worst cases out of there and after he rported that within the hour officials started showing up and taking the worst cases away but they still did not tell the rest of them where to go!

1,857 posted on 08/31/2005 10:41:55 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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