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NBC Edits Democratic Atlanta Mayor Out of Snowstorm Controversy, Blames GOP Governor
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Posted on 01/31/2014 7:54:42 PM PST by chessplayer

At the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams proclaimed that "the [Republican] governor of Georgia [Nathan Deal] chose to fall on his snow shovel" over how Tuesday's rare southern snowstorm "was handled, or better yet, mishandled" in the state. However, the coverage that followed failed to mention Atlanta's Democratic Mayor Kasim Reed by name even once. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

In his report, correspondent Tom Costello declared: "A lot of anger directed toward city and state officials for failing to heed the weather forecasts. And today we learned that both the Governor and the director of the emergency services for the state were sleeping as those forecasts grew even more dire." Those "city officials" were not specified.


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1 posted on 01/31/2014 7:54:42 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

They they go Katrina-ing again.


2 posted on 01/31/2014 7:56:36 PM PST by ilgipper (Obama is proving that very bad ideas can be wrapped up in pretty words)
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3 posted on 01/31/2014 7:59:26 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: chessplayer
And today we learned that both the Governor and the director of the emergency services for the state were sleeping as those forecasts grew even more dire

Kinda like Benghazi and someone we all know?

4 posted on 01/31/2014 8:00:38 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: chessplayer

Anybody expect anything less? I say, pass it on up the chain of command and point a finger at Obama. I mean, after all, if you are going to pass the buck, pass it all the way to the top.

Democrats, asshole one and all.


5 posted on 01/31/2014 8:00:42 PM PST by doc1019
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To: chessplayer

That is why NBC is sucking up the rear in the ratings.


6 posted on 01/31/2014 8:02:29 PM PST by Parmy
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To: chessplayer

Huh. Amazing the power a Republican governor can have when Democrats run cities and school boards/


7 posted on 01/31/2014 8:02:50 PM PST by RginTN
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To: ilgipper
They they go Katrina-ing again.

Now that you mention it...

It's Obama's fault!

8 posted on 01/31/2014 8:03:54 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: chessplayer

That’s because racism caused the gridlock. Duh

What Does Racism Have to Do With Gridlock?
In Atlanta, everything. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/01/atlanta_s_snow_fiasco_the_real_problem_in_the_south_isn_t_weather_it_s_history.html


9 posted on 01/31/2014 8:04:20 PM PST by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: chessplayer

If they are going to blame anyone, it should be the entire local NBC NEWS TEAM, and other networks as well.

Did any of them warn the public about this sudden ice problem before it happened ?


10 posted on 01/31/2014 8:07:20 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (I forgot what my tagline was supposed to say)
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To: chessplayer

Global climate change is the fault of the republican party.


11 posted on 01/31/2014 8:09:29 PM PST by SpaceBar
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I remember back around Feb of 1969 a major snowstorm hammered NYC. The mishandling of the cleanup severely damaged then mayor John Lindsay’s further political aspirations, though, in all fairness, part of the blame could be placed on an ongoing sanitation strike at the time. In a way this sounds like deja vu all over again.


12 posted on 01/31/2014 8:20:52 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: chessplayer

People in GA complaining about Deal and the snow were already committed to the Democrat candidate, who is ___. Is it the Carter scion?


13 posted on 01/31/2014 8:26:59 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans to endorse Cornball and George P! Stay tuned March 4)
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To: Lorianne
What Does Racism Have to Do With Gridlock?
So is Tracy Thompson calling individualism a "code word" for racism?
14 posted on 01/31/2014 8:27:25 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: chessplayer

Selective reporting at NBC ?
No way !


15 posted on 01/31/2014 8:33:45 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: UCANSEE2
If they are going to blame anyone, it should be the entire local NBC NEWS TEAM, and other networks as well.

If the media would quit the incessant propaganda about global warming, maybe the mayor would have considered being prepared for the coming storm.

16 posted on 01/31/2014 8:39:19 PM PST by oldbrowser (Obamacare is Obama's Great Leap Forward)
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To: chessplayer

Since when is a freaking governor responsible for snow removal?


17 posted on 01/31/2014 8:40:00 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: chessplayer

Fill in the blank for twenty points: Bush is to Hurricane Katrina as _______ is to Snowstorm Leon......


18 posted on 01/31/2014 8:42:54 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: chessplayer

Aaaaugh! Thousands of kids stranded at schools in Georgia, Alabama
http://iceagenow.info/2014/01/aaaaugh-thousands-kids-stranded-schools-georgia-alabama/

Columbia, South Carolina has a grand total of nine snowplows
http://iceagenow.info/2014/01/columbia-south-carolina-grand-total-snowplows/

Video – Thousands still stranded on Atlanta highways
http://iceagenow.info/2014/01/thousands-stranded-atlanta-highways/


19 posted on 01/31/2014 8:42:58 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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To: chessplayer

Whole state of Georgia was hit with an ice storm. Only place that had major problems was a city run by democrats and the media blames republicans. Should we expect anything less from NBC?


20 posted on 01/31/2014 8:44:26 PM PST by barmag25 (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NO!!!)
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