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Originally Posted by samcol
First off, no one owes Bush anything. How dare we criticize our fearless leader.
Now, what are we supposed to belive? Articles that have come out weeks after the fact saying things went OK and the government didn't mess up that bad?
Or am I supposed to believe the live footage of people starving to death and new reporters in tears (and you can tell when someone is being genuine or acting). Let not forget about the foreign troops that have been invited into NO and the gun confiscations. Not to mention Haliburton already got a contract for reconstruction. I'd venture to say things are actually worse than what has been widely reported on.
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I'm no fan of Pres. Bush, sam, trust me. I am also no fan of the media either. As much as I would love to believe that the media got their stories straight, I have researched enough to realize that the media is not always the bearer of truth. They get taken all the time because they don't always check their facts before running a story.
No one is denying that the situation in New Orleans was/is beyond horrendous, but it now seems apparent that the stories of marauding gangs of gun-toting rapists and murderers were just not true. Remember the story of the rescue helicopter being shot at? Not one Coast Guard or Nat'l Guard helicopter reported anything of the sort. Had the media contacted either agency to confirm these reports they would have realized this. Instead, the media ran with the unconfirmed story and we all got riled up over something that never occurred.