FEMA Stocks Press Conference With Fake Reporters
Here's modern America in a nutshell for you. Instead of really improving the way the nation deals with disasters, we've improved the way we PRESENT the way we deal with disasters. FEMA this week held a press conference that they gave on short notice, giving real reporters no time to get there. Questions instead were all softballs lobbed by FEMA employees pretending to be reporters. They included such gems as "Are you happy with FEMA's response so far?"
"Of course, that could be because the questions were asked by FEMA staffers playing reporters. We're told the questions were asked by Cindy Taylor, FEMA's deputy director of external affairs, and by "Mike" Widomski, the deputy director of public affairs. Director of External Affairs John "Pat" Philbin asked a question, and another came, we understand, from someone who sounds like press aide Ali Kirin."Remember kids, you can make it in this country by being utterly incompetent -- you've just got to manage the message.