That is why I used 'overtopped' in parentheses. I did not see 'overrun' which is also the wrong word in the Friday night dump correction.
Posted on 03/03/2006 4:51:36 PM PST by new yorker 77
Clarification: Katrina-Video story ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing among U.S. officials.
The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than an overrun. The story should have made clear that Bush was warned about floodwaters overrunning the levees, rather than the levees breaking.
The day before the storm hit, Bush was told there were grave concerns that the levees could be overrun. It wasn't until the next morning, as the storm was hitting, that Michael Brown, then head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Bush had inquired about reports of breaches. Bush did not participate in that briefing.
MSNBC is #3 because there isn't a fourth and fifth cable news station.
I see this political bias (among other factors) causing a rapid fragementation of the news media into a wide spectrum of media outlets on TV, radio, print, and the internet covering the entire political spectrum. The four big liberal networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN) will continue to decline and lose viewers are they become left-wing media along with the NY Times and Wash Post. Center-left news media will evolve, along with an attempt at unbiased centrist media, and then you'll have center-right news media with Fox News and voices like Hugh Hewitt and Michal Medved. New cable channels, radio shows like Rush Limbaugh, and numerous websites will broadcast to people who are staunch conservatives. The liberal networks and the AP don't understand it yet, but their market has already fragmented and they've already lost half of their audience with another 25% about to be lost in the next ten years. I'm ready for more professionally written conservative websites right now....anything but the AP and its obvious left-wing slant.
Bush blew up the levees. Louie told me so! /sarc
It usually takes longer with liberals. It works a little better for me if I talk real slow and use very small words. Most importantly don't give too much information at one time, it takes them longer to absorb it. Just go real slow and keep up the good work.
That is why I used 'overtopped' in parentheses. I did not see 'overrun' which is also the wrong word in the Friday night dump correction.
Obviously they did this to embarrass the president, whether careless or deliberate misinformation.
Levees were not breeched! The CANAL WALLS broke. This from the Times-Picayune.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1133336859287360.xml
The AP has its own agenda, and it's called Bush-bashing.
Olbermann's a moron, but he works hard at it. He wants the 20% of the American public who might charitably be called moonbats.
Of course they wait until Friday night to issue a lame 'correction' which will never ever receive the same attention as the original fraudulent story. Of course the MSM continues to practice the "fake but accurate" form of fraudulent 'journalism'........
A correction of a drive by shooting. Wonder if the MSM will do the same on the Sunday shows.
Seriously, if you rely on the MSM for your facts, you are now officially a moron, or a Democrat. Or both.
Bump and bookmark crAP story
Has anyone else found another source for this other than Drudge?
The MSM does not practice in writing bias articles anymore they now commit journalistic fraud.
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