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How did the Washington Post miss the levees in their new story about the Katrina video?



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Am I reading this wrong, or does the Washington Post article entirely miss the point about Bush claiming no one could have imagined the levees breaching, when in fact his own briefing told him it was a possibility? And Bush said no one could have expected the storm to be so large, when in fact the briefing told him it was "the big one."

While the Post mentions "the big one" quote, they don't mention Bush's quote to the contrary, that no one could have imagined the storm would be so large - that's the entire point of why the video matters, it contradicts Bush's own words. Same goes for the levees breaching - the video proves that Bush lied when he said no one could have imagined the levees breaching, Bush himself was briefed on the possibility before the storm. But the Washington Post doesn't even mention this in their story? How do you not quote Bush's comments about the levees breaching in this context?

This is a hell of an important story, and the Post rightly puts it on page one, but it seems they totally missed the entire point of the story, what makes the story page-one worthy.

Come on, people. This one was easy.


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