Slog - Comments on FEMA Meets the Press http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press Posted by Ryan S. Jackson Having learned its lesson during Hurricane Katrina, FEMA solves the problem of having to speak to a press corp hungry for answers about their handling of a disaster in another major American city. The solution? Don't invite the press. And then replace them with FEMA staffers posing as reporters. (VIA the WaPo) Reporters were given only 15 minutes’ notice of the briefing, making it unlikely many could show up at FEMA’s Southwest D.C. offices. They were given an 800 number to call in, though it was a “listen only” line, the notice said — no... Copyright 2008 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:52:00 -0800 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:37:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Greg Bread and circuses.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834223 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:54:58 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER So much cleaner than actual accountability! How long must we wait for all Democracy* to conform to this model?

*Please note that "Democracy" may be substituted with a Kleptocracy, Oligarchy, or Dictatorship without notice. Now please go back to sleep.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834233 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:06:55 -0800 Comment by --MC "And the media seemed to be giving Johnson all day to wax on and on.."

Somebody put their fingers in the President's ear, and it wasn't very long before they came out with Johnson's Wax!

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834262 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834262 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:32:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle More like imaginary circuses showing bread being tossed to the Romans, when it's actually a soundstage filled with actors.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834278 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:42:19 -0800 Comment by Fnarf FEMA isn't part of the government. They're part of the reality TV program, "The Government". The real government takes place in a bomb shelter under Blair House (Cheney's residence).

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834314 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:13:38 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I demand the appearance of accountability!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834524 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:47:42 -0800 Comment by ahava @5,

Blair House is not the VP's residence. It's the president's guest house right across the street from the White House. The VP lives out on Massachusetts Ave. by the national observatory -- a much better place for an underground shadow government to operate.

FYI.

]]> ahava http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834567 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:43:15 -0800 Comment by toasterhedgehog The article I read said they were considering possibly punishing the people involved. They hadn't decided yet.

This is one of the most perfect examples of the current government's contempt for the American People.

]]> toasterhedgehog http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834637 News Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:27:39 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC On the bright side, just about every single media outlet reported on this, though without the sneering contempt and fury to which they are (in this instance anyway) entitled.

Has anyone actually reported the names and titles of whomever it was that tried to pull this stupid charade?

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/fema_meets_the_press#c834814 News Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:37:47 -0800