Here is the REASON the Press is Finally AWAKE:

[berni_mccoy]

1. They have been in NO throughout the entire thing
2. They can get in AND AROUND the city
3. The greatest MILITARY in the WORLD isn't getting there or as mobile as the PRESS? The B.S. Meters are going off the charts.
4. The Gov't CAN NOT Gag the press like they always do about the WAR by claiming reasons of National Security

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE BUSH REGIME!

[nashville_brook]

1. it is this simple. i'm with you.

[Mika]

2. Yep. They are outside of the Green Zone.

But for how long, now that Blackwater mercs are there? How long before journalists get fragged or kidnapped/beheaded?

[tridim]

4. Are there really Blackwater mercs there?

Because that would be extremely bad.

[berni_mccoy]

7. Yep, I saw the press release in an earlier post today

Gave me serious chills...

Those guys go in there start shooting up the place and I fear the whole country will break out in riots and violence.

[wli]

10. I think Bushler is trying to provoke such. n/t

[Mika]

9. Blackwater coming to NOLA thread link here

BLACKWATER coming to NOLA to provide "security services"

[PATRICK]

53. How did they ever get that

satanically ironic name? Seems very current in the RW corner to have Dickensian names fraught with deadly symbolism.

[leftchick]

25. jeff spellman went off the air very suddenly last night

I was scared for him. Thank God I heard him this morning.

[oldtime dfl_er]

3. A heavy price to pay

the loss of a city for the bringing down of an insane chimp and his merry band of idiots.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/658010

[DearAbby]

8. Between the Deer in the headlights look on 9/11

and the Cake eating, guitar picking, golf playing, fund raising. Too busy running from a grieving Mother, than to do his job. Time to evaluate this employee's record.

[MADem]

55. FAILS TO MEET MINIMUM STANDARDS

Unable to complete tasks in a timely manner. Fails to keep supervisors (the American people) apprised of changes in workload or special circumstances impacting job performance. Wastes resources. Does not treat superiors or subordinates with dignity or respect. Is not honest or forthright; conducts himself in an opportunistic and untruthful fashion. Cowardly in the face of national emergencies. Shifts blame to others. Lacks work ethic. Excessive vacationing has jeopardized the integrity of his position.

Recommended for early termination from this position. Commence impeachment proceedings ASAP.

There's his fucking eval--I'd love to read it to him, roll it up, and poke him in the eye with it.

[nonconformist]

5. You are spot fucking on. nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I have been making this point all day:

FEMA's excuse that they can't get into the area is pure bullshit. The media is there. They were there when the hurricane struck. Where was FEMA?

[Bozita]

11. and people are dying on camera

The Tulane hospital has placed their dead outside the building because the mortuary is flooded and the bodies are starting to smell.

That came from a caller to Rita Cosby's MSNBC show. Caller has been reporting to her nightly. That's the former Foxnews Rita Cosby.

Too damned much for anybody, even Karl Rove, to cover up.

[antonialee839]

22. That's the former Foxnews Rita Cosby.

Dammit, I never laid eyes on that woman till tonight and I turned to my husband and said, "she looks like a Faux News shill". Perhaps I'm being too judgmental. Maybe she left Faux because she has too much integrity to work for the Evil Empire.

[MADem]

56. They fired her because they thought she was getting too fat and old

She left, and took her contacts with her. Hopefully she will grow in her new job; she doesn't have the porn star makeup, poufy hair and cleavage anymore...and she looks a bit more contented lately.

[speedoo]

12. You nailed it.

I would just add an obvious point... that the media can see the disconnect between the reality and the Coward's administration bullshit.

And it pisses the media folks off when the admin creeps try to stonewall them or deny the disconnect or whatever.

Anyway, I am thankful the media has finally grown some spine.

[berni_mccoy]

13. The Reign Of Terror is coming to an End...

Keep repeating that.

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[berni_mccoy]

20. I want justice, not revenge

Further violence is not going to accomplish anything.

Change through PEACE.

[Erika]

14. Maybe its the restoration of free press

minus the Faux news group and their W kneepads.

[FourStarDemocrat]

15. I hope you are right. I'm seeing the press affected as never before.

Maybe now some of them will now regret not providing scrutinizing coverage of this criminal administration.

[BlueIris]

19. I don't know about never before, but not since before 9/11.

It's scaring me a little, actually. How will these folks live with themselves after they realize that the way they behaved during Bush's first term allowed so many terrible things to happen.

[kevinmc]

16. Tonight on the local LA news.....

there was a reporter who was there in NO until he came back too LA today. He was livid on what was being said and what is the truth of what is really going on.

One thing he talked about was the story about Cop's Looting. He was there the story really was there were some kids and some adults that had become sick in the hotel they all had holed up in. A Doctor gave the Cop's a list of Drugs he needed for these people and He asked the Cop's to go in that Walgreens that had already been looted and get the drugs. The Cop's did not Loot they were there to keep people alive.

The Reporter was on KTLA 10:00 news in Los Angeles.

[Bozita]

18. The cameras showed New Orleans cops sorting through Walmart shelves

[MADem]

57. The cops were told they were on their own for food and water

...just like everyone else, because no help was making it into the city proper.

[antonialee839]

21. Anybody able to stomach Faux News?

I can't so I don't know if they have joined in. If those assholes join in the criticism then it just might be the end for Bushco.

[bbgrunt]

23. Don't expect it to last

You can bet your *** that the crackdown from headquarters is coming soon. Tomorrow or the next day about all you'll see are little personal stories and vignettes of heroic tales.

[berni_mccoy]

24. I hope you are wrong.

[Delphinus]

37. I wonder if it's already happening.

Seems the footage is the same stuff, over and over.

edit for spelling

[BooScout]

31. I have...

At least the "news" reporting. Actually their Shepherd Smith has been doing a pretty credible job of reporting from NO ....better than much of the CNN reporting. He's been showing dead bodies on the side of the road just left there. He's been getting in the face of NO cops and asking them what they are doing....he's been very critical of how FEMA and the various other red tape people are handling the situation.

[DemonFighterLives]

26. I keep waiting for choppers to fly in

How many days now and there are no big choppers? Lady called Big Eddy from a Hospital yesterday and I guess she called Paula Zahn the day before. No one is coming and they kept calling.
People are crying for help and everyone keeps passing them by. It is just terribly disgusting and B*sh is looking like a total idiot.
He showed up carrying Barney. Nothing against his doggie, but get your sh*t together, you stupid president and leave Barney at home.
Levees could have been repaired a year ago, and now 8 refineries are shut down according to dubby. $2.99 a gal for gas and this little bastard just smirks.
:argh:

[PA Democrat]

35. CNN's Sanjay Gupta is inside NO's Charity Hospital and he said he has

never seen conditions as bad as these doctors and nurses are working in. He said there are dead people in the stairwells, and the staff is ventilating patients by hand for hours upon hours.

[DemonFighterLives]

47. Yeah, I think that was the one

Is that where the morgue is flooded and they are stacking the dead outside? Those poor care givers there are just overwhelmed.

[OhioBlue]

60. I heard on NPR that the docs are giving

each other iv injections of fluids to keep them going b/c of the absence of food and water.

[DoYouEverWonder]

27. This may be the beginning of the end of the Bush Regime

The question is how many of us are they going to take down with them?

[peekaloo]

28. I almost fainted this a.m. Lil Timmy Russert was bagging on the

federal response or lack thereof.

[DeepModem Mom]

32. You are kidding me -- Russert??? nt

[peekaloo]

34. I am crapping you negative.

on the Today show.

p.s. He also mentioned it was the media's fault, himself included, for not making the public aware of the poverty/despair that exists in our own country.

:faintingsmilie:

[Delphinus]

38. Wow oh wow oh wow!!!!!

Russert is the one that said "integrity is for paupers!" What woke his ass up??!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

40. I have been seeing more and more comments coming from the

press about their own complicity with respect to poverty and racism. I'm stunned. This is a major paradigm shift in American media. I have been very gratified to see CNN reporters and anchors repeatedly reminding everyone that those left in New Orleans are by and large people who had no means to leave prior to the storm.

[DeepModem Mom]

52. That's amazing, peekaloo -- thank you. nt

[Bridget Burke]

29. They're mad as hell.

And they're not going to take it any more.

[Skidmore]

30. The press also isn't being shot at or blown up by

the military/contractors/specialops either.

[Robeson]

33. Your reasons are right. I've thought the same. No one is there to...

...silence the media.

[pepperlove]

36. We can pray it is true

but it appears that *'s media pushers are gonna make this look like * is some hero.... and too many will buy it, I fear.

But I am with ya.

[glitch]

58. It's only for the true believers - something for them to hold on to.

No one, and I do mean no one, else will buy it.

Edit: forgot to say Welcome to DU. Wish it were under better circumstances.

[Pacifist Patriot]

39. I think it comes down to two things...

1. They are personally witnessing it. No human being can be exposed to something like this and remain unchanged. I agree. The BS Meters are off the chart and under such circumstances it just cannot be ignored.

2. Many of them have been personally affected even without the presence factor. I watched a CNN reporter this morning admirably get through a report only to realize that her family's home had been wiped out in Mississippi. I was impressed she was even making the report at all.

Katrina is going to be a turning point in many ways and I think a turn back towards a free press may be one.

[Lindsay]

41. I think this is why we saw good reporting,

even great reporting, in WWII and Viet Nam. Reporters were on the scene, not embedded and muffled.

The reporters who are there see the suffering, and smell the dead.

Not saying there is no going back, but they are doing their jobs. They are reporting.

And kudos to them.

[Festivito]

42. Awake?! Partially. They still nod appreciatively after interviews.

The guy basically says we're doing nothing about grave problems and they thank him for being the one who will even agree to answer questions.

Bigger is that CONs need to distance themselves from * so they can keep Congress. Bush has to be made to look bad so they can come to the rescue.

[durablend]

48. What do you expect the media to do?

Tell them "Thanks for nothing, and fuck you"?

That'll get them shut out of any future interviews in a hurry.

[Festivito]

49. They need to scowl if scowling is appropriate, not smile like dufusses.

CONs work at getting in their digs in such a way that no response has time to air. Fair reporters need to let people know that some things are left untidy as the interview ends. Thank him, but let it be known that the responses were not sufficient.

[Nikki Stone 1]

43. Sorry to be cynical but, if it weren't about oil and industry, the M$M

wouldn't be so angry. I'll bet these corporations are losing money every minute this jackass ignores the problem.

[SammyWinstonJack]

44. They certainly didn't anticipate the press turning on them like this.

:woohoo:

[lateo]

45. Wrong

These sort of "this is the end of Bush" threads have been going on since 9/11.

This thread will disappear into the archives, as the others did, and Bush will still be protected by the media establishment.

[robbedvoter]

46. 3 days after 911 it looked just the same - NYT et al giving it to W

for his lack of reaction to the events. Lasted from Tuesday to Friday.
Then came Churchill&napoleon all rolled into one and 90% popularity polls...
I predict the same will happen now.

[Misunderestimator]

51. It did not look the same at all. From the VERY beginning after 9/11

it was a rally around the president. His approval ratings shot up. This is NOT going to happen here. He has no enemy here to attack.

[Misunderestimator]

50. Everyone on CNN is now calling it a "FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT"

And making it CLEAR that they do not mean the local governments trying to pick up the pieces now. They are laying blame DIRECTLY ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

It's about fucking time.

[Catherine Vincent]

54. I sure hope so.

Relief arriving at the same time with Bush today may dampen that. We shall see. I hope the media doesn't go back into shill mode.

[MADem]

59. Check out the WHICH CAME FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE AID thread

And keep repeating it to everyone you meet!!!!

[mondo joe]

61. Frankly, I think their guilt is catching up with them.

They know they are complicit in soft selling Bush, and that was fine enough when it was all an abstract. But now they've had to look in the faces of the REAL costs of Bushco.

It won't matter to all of them. But I think many have seen what they've done.

[Tinoire]

63. Precisely my thoughts. Tortured consciences... n/t

[proud2BlibKansan]

62. I have been saying this same thing all week

If the press can get into the storm damaged areas, why can't FEMA??