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spanone

(142,297 posts) Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:49 PM Sep 2017

head of FEMA just issued a tweet that says the media hasn't been paying attention to PR hurricane [View all]

Just reported on CNN....

they then showed their reporters in Puerto Rico a week before the hurricane.

FEMA was probably responding to an order from trump to cover his ass and blame the media

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head of FEMA just issued a tweet that says the media hasn't been paying attention to PR hurricane [View all] spanone Sep 2017 OP

Even the Mayor of PR says FEMA is there and has water/supplies, but nobody is giving the order or MiniMe Sep 2017 #1

Compare the news coverage of Katrina, or even Houston and Florida, procon Sep 2017 #2

disagree 1000%. msnbc and cnn have been on top of this. spanone Sep 2017 #3

Elaborate. procon Sep 2017 #5

MSNBC has had a reporter there with updates every single day csziggy Sep 2017 #9

Did you notice the dates of what you posted? procon Sep 2017 #11

Do you understand how hard it is to get any story out of Puerto Rico? csziggy Sep 2017 #13

Reporters manage to get their stories out from all over the world, procon Sep 2017 #16

So what? maxsolomon Sep 2017 #4

And the media is invaluable in letting us see how those efforts are working, or not. procon Sep 2017 #6

Agreed. But this is the Feds criticizing the Media for... what? maxsolomon Sep 2017 #7

What does this have to do with the media? HipChick Sep 2017 #8

Somebody's to blame for the Trump administration's limp response gratuitous Sep 2017 #15

Don't they know that shit happened like 2 weeks ago? Old news... people want new news. JoeStuckInOH Sep 2017 #10

Actually No malaise Sep 2017 #12

I actually saw a twitter thread between ... SaschaHM Sep 2017 #14

Well it is actually Trump who hasn't been paying attention and intentionally sidetracking Glimmer of Hope Sep 2017 #17