This Administration still has NO FEAR! Fake FEMA Press Conference....

I first heard this on MSNBC then it's over on TPM. Wouldn't we think that these people would "tone it down" given Congress now has Oversight and Waxman's on their tail? But NO...they are at it again! :eyes: The question to ask is WHY? How are they so cocky they still can dream up this stuff?


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FEMA workers masquerade as reporters

Agency Employees Play Role of Reporters at FEMA News Conference

Staff
AP News

Oct 26, 2007 10:32 EDT

One way to get decent coverage in this rough-and-tumble city is to arrange to have your own employees interrogate you at your news conference.

That would seem to be the strategy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, much maligned for its sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina over two years ago.

FEMA scheduled an early afternoon news briefing on only 15 minutes notice to reporters here Tuesday to talk about its handling of assistance to victims of wildfires that were ravaging much of Southern California.

But because there was so little advance notice for the event held by Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the deputy FEMA administrator, the agency made available an 800 number so reporters could call in. And many did.

But at the news conference itself, some FEMA's agency employees played the role of reporter, asking questions of Johnson, The Washington Post reported in Friday's editions. Questions were described as soft and gratuitous.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2007/10/fema_workers_masquerade_as_rep.php

ahead with their agenda. They plan on being in power for a long, long time. JMCPO.