Reply #61: Perhaps because the TV crews get it wrong and sensationalize everything so they

[suzie]

can get their big story.

And before you call me a DLC corporatist, right wing blah blah blah, let me state that the National Media came to my little area of the Gulf and said there was oil on the beaches.

Which was totally untrue--there were lakes which are next to the Gulf that empty out into it after large rainstorms. Because they have different vegetative material than in the Gulf, the outflow from the lakes always looks brown where it meets the clear Gulf water. That's ALWAYS as in EVERY YEAR EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO OIL IN THE GULF.

But the National news crews wanted their 15 minutes, so they erroneously publicized this. Now, tourists are canceling their reservations because they think there is OIL ON THE BEACHES. They won't even believe the hotels and resorts when they tell them the truth.

These are the same national media that descend like turkey buzzards on the Gulf during a hurricane so they can stand on the sand and say "It's kicking up pretty bad behind me and it's gonna get worse pretty quickly." While those of us watching from somewhere on the Gulf know that the actual storms are several hundred miles from the and the Gulf waters where they're standing are quite calm.

The biggest tourist weekend of the year is coming up, followed by the biggest 2 weeks of the year. Most of the Gulf is open and has no oil--but the National Media is in the process of destroying the tourist business for 2010 in an area that is going to be direly in need of it.

How do you suggest that the President keep the National Media from doing this?