More Fake News from Gov’t
Oct 26th, 2007 by jjp
Kibbitz: Propaganda and disinformation, from the “face-saving” variety to the more sinister, is a regular feature of the Bush Administration. Please visit some of the links listed at the end of this entry to begin to get some idea of the prevalence of this heinous practice.
FEMA workers play role of reporters
October 26, 2007
WASHINGTON - The White House scolded the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for staging a phony news conference about assistance to victims of wildfires in southern California.
The agency — much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago — arranged to have FEMA employees play the part of independent reporters Tuesday and ask questions of Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the agency’s deputy director.
The questions were predictably soft and gratuitous.
“I’m very happy with FEMA’s response,” Johnson said in reply to one query from an agency employee.
More information about government propaganda and disinformation:
- http://www.freepress.net/propaganda/
- http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/14/152202
- http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Fake_news
- http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article621189.ece
- http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0401-31.htm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distorted_news
- http://www.prwatch.org/node/5981
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36694-2005Mar15.html
- http://www.wdsu.com/helenthomas/4334085/detail.html