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AP FRIDAY NIGHT CLARIFICATION ON BUSH/KATRINA VIDEO ('OVERTOPPED' NOT 'BREACHED')
The AP via The Drudge Report ^
| March 3, 2006
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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; ap; apbias; associatedpress; bullzogby; bush; communisttrick; dnctalkingpoints; drivebymedia; fakebutaccurate; fifthcolumn; hitpiece; howcanwefoolemtoday; katrina; katrinavideo; levees; lyingliars; mediabias; moveon; moveondotorg; msmfakesnews; naginisanidiot; nola; powerghraib; smearcampaign; toolittletoolate; zogbyism
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To: Clintonfatigued; AliVeritas
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:53:41 PM PST
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: new yorker 77
AP is a disgrace to the "profesion" of journalism.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:54:07 PM PST
by
tomahawk
(Proud to be an enemy of Islam)
To: new yorker 77
Another "Fake, But Accurate" story...
To: new yorker 77
"Bush did not participate in that briefing."
Of course not. To the AP he does nothing...
Overunning...
BUSH'S FAULT!
Breaching...
BUSH'S FAULT!
Enough already.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:54:32 PM PST
by
jdm
(Ports Deal: Why not just let Qaddafi water your flowers?)
To: new yorker 77
This is SOP. Smear people during the week and then publish the truth on Friday or on the weekend when no one is watching.
I'm sure we all remember Hillary in the Pink dress on the Friday afternoon.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:54:35 PM PST
by
putupjob
To: tomahawk
The Friday night dump after the lying smear is the cherry on the media bias sundae.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:54:41 PM PST
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
To: new yorker 77
Ah, yes... dump it out on Friday night when about 100 people are looking at the news.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:55:42 PM PST
by
ruschpa
To: new yorker 77
They lied, now they're just removing the lie fromthe permanent record. Deceitful AND accurate.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:56:09 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: new yorker 77
"AP via Drudge" doesn't give it any more credibility. The AP is part of the MSM and therefore cannot be trusted. Sometimes I'd rather be uninformed than misinformed.
To: new yorker 77
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:57:28 PM PST
by
mystery-ak
(Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
To: caisson71
"Sometimes I'd rather be uninformed than misinformed."
Since you're aware that you're misinformed you're actually not misinformed at all.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:58:18 PM PST
by
jdm
(Ports Deal: Why not just let Qaddafi water your flowers?)
To: new yorker 77
This is unheard of, and I think you can thank the new media, and Brit Hume for this correction.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:58:54 PM PST
by
lawnguy
(Give me some of your tots!!!)
To: new yorker 77
This damn correction better be FRONT PAGE/LEAD STORY of every stinking rag and newscast that carried it so prominently. Even the IDIOTS on my "conservative" talk radio were saying how bad this was the other morning when it broke. But just like the BS "ARABS BUYING OUR PORTS" story, there is no there there.
I'm so sick of it.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:59:10 PM PST
by
pissant
To: new yorker 77
I notice this one does not contain the line, "The AP regrets the error."
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:59:14 PM PST
by
JennysCool
(Liberals don't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory.)
To: new yorker 77
AP: Bush Warned Levees Would be Breached!AP: Correction. Nevermind.
To: new yorker 77
Yet again the Ass. Press provides proof that the MSM is collapsing. Don't they know they can no longer get away with this? The only problem is that the Bush administration is too gutless to call these yellow journalist for the liars that they are.
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posted on
03/03/2006 4:59:42 PM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!!)
To: new yorker 77
Oh, my heart. I'm havin' the big one!
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posted on
03/03/2006 5:00:02 PM PST
by
Socratic
(Tell the libs: Beating a dead horse is not the same as tenderizing a steak.)
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posted on
03/03/2006 5:01:04 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: jdm; putupjob
Off topic note: You two became freepers on the same day three years apart.
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posted on
03/03/2006 5:01:28 PM PST
by
new yorker 77
(FAKE POLLS DO NOT TRANSLATE INTO REAL VOTERS!)
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