CNN Bitchslaps Chertoff
Apparently the same news organizations that have a hard time seeing through official talking points when the realities they obscure are far away can do a significantly better job when the B.S. is contradicted by umpteen on-the-ground reporters closer to home. At least, CNN isn’t falling for Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff’s statements at a news conference yesterday that the “‘perfect storm’ of a combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody’s foresight”: Chertoff: Katrina scenario did not exist.
He called the disaster “breathtaking in its surprise.”
But engineers say the levees preventing this below-sea-level city from being turned into a swamp were built to withstand only Category 3 hurricanes. And officials have warned for years that a Category 4 could cause the levees to fail.
September 6th, 2005 at 12:13 pm
I have noticed lately that CNN seems to be growing a set.
I have a new found respect for Anderson Cooper in particular. He has been pulling no punches in asking tough questions of just what the hell is going on down there.