Blanco’s Inaction: Spin Crops Up in Newsweek, Too
Earlier I linked to some items about how the Washington Post had run a story today that reported (incorrectly) that as of yesterday Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco had failed to declare a state of emergency, thus slowing the federal response to the disaster. The Post sourced that assertion to a “senior Bush official” (and has since issued a correction).
Joshua Marshall wonders now if it’s just coincidence that a September 1 story in Newsweek appears to be peddling the same spin: Did Newsweek get spun too?
It’s kind of a minor issue, all things considered. But if it does turn out that the same person(s) who peddled the false story to the Post also got it into Newsweek, it would certainly be consistent with what we’ve learned in recent months (via the Plame affair) about how the Bush team operates when it’s in a tight spot, public-relations wise.
