Reply #449: Sep 13Wash Post exposed shilling for WH re: Blanco smear, issues retractio

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henslee (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-12-05 09:38 PM
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Wash Post exposed shilling for WH re: Blanco smear, issues retraction....
Edited on Mon Sep-12-05 09:39 PM by henslee

Following snip is from this Village voice article...
http://villagevoice.com/news/0537,rozen,67724,2.html
(snip)

On Sunday, September 4, the Washington Post quoted an anonymous White House source as saying that in the critical days as New Orleans was filling with water, the White House was prevented from sending federal assistance to aid flood victims because of a technicality—Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco had not declared a state of emergency. On its face, the claim seemed absurd—thousands of New Orleanians were left to drown, dehydrate, and starve because of a technicality? And indeed, only hours later, the Post was forced to publish an above-the-story correction revealing how badly they had been burned by their anonymous White House source:

Correction to This Article:

A Sept. 4 article on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina incorrectly said that Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D) had not declared a state of emergency. She declared an emergency on Aug. 26. "

The quote may have revealed a blatant White House effort to steer the "blame game" toward the Democratic governor (all the while directing the White House and its supporters to respond to critics, as if in chorus, with variations of the pious phrase, "Now's not the time to play the blame game.")