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Old 05-05-2010, 11:51 AM   #53 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rekna View Post
Except the person who pushed this was former FEMA chief Michael "Heck of a Job" Brown on Fox News. Fox news didn't call him out on it. This was a clear attempt at spin endorsed by fox and friends.
I assume this is the quote you refer to:

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BROWN: The media has been ignoring it for two weeks. You don’t think that there were — look, they could have gotten on helicopters. They probably were on helicopters. We had other reconnaissance images from there.

But we only started to see them when it started to approach the Louisiana coast. And, then, oh, my God, look, we got to do something. I just — I think the media sat back. And I would not be surprised if the White House said, you know, we might be able to, guess what, do what? Use this crisis to our advantage. Let this crisis get really bad, and then we will step in. We will be able to shut down offshore drilling. We will be able to turn to all these alternate fuels.

And I think the problem they have right now is, they waited too long.

CAVUTO: So, by constantly referring to this as the BP still, the BP leak, the BP disaster, that there’s a method to that, right?

BROWN: Oh, absolutely.

Did you ever hear during Katrina anyone asking Ray Nagin or Governor Blanco the questions about why didn’t they evacuate, why did they choose the Superdome, how did you let people into the Convention Center? You heard none of that.

CAVUTO: That’s a good point.

BROWN: And, so, the media’s responsibility right now is, where was the EPA? Why was she out talking to David Letterman, instead of down on the Gulf Coast? She went to New Orleans. She talked to community organizers.

CAVUTO: All right.

Michael, thank you very much. Good seeing you again.

BROWN: Thank you, Neil. Same here.

CAVUTO: Michael Brown, the former FEMA director.
Former FEMA Director Michael Brown on Obama's Response to Oil Spill - Neil Cavuto | Your World - FOXNews.com

And here is the WH response:

And here is MSNBC interview:


Reading what he said compared to the spin is interesting and I bet our conclusions differ - but one thing we know is that Brown got fired by Bush. And my point was that liberal glob on to stuff and make more of it than it is. Brown is one man with his own views.

{added} Just for the record, Covuto, in my opinion is fair with conservative leanings, and as I see the interview, Covuto did not take Brown's charge seriously, nor do I. Perhaps, conservatives can actually see things for what they are. Here is the entire interview:


{added} I am listening to Covuto now, responding to the inaccurate spin from the WH, interesting.
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