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March 4, 2006
VICTORY!!!!!!
Once again the blogosphere has undone (in part) some of the damage the MSM created.
The Associated Press has now "clarified" the story about the video I discuss HERE.
Clarification: Katrina-Video storyASSOCIATED 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.
It's a shame that the AP won't give this "clarification" as much play as they did to their misrepresentations.
I so wish I could take credit for it, but I'm just a baby blogger, I do this because it makes me feel better to rant and rave a bit about what I see going on in the world. It does make me feel good though. Just like it did when I was one of the first to bust the faulty reporting of the Taliban Bodies story (start toward the bottom of the page).
Thanks to Powerline for pointing me to the AP clarifcation.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at March 4, 2006 11:34 AM
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