Selective Reliable Sources: Kurtz, Douglass ignored evidence undermining claim that Bush warned only about levees overtopping

SUMMARY: On CNN's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz presented as fact the claim, advanced by the conservative media, that President Bush was not specifically warned that levees in New Orleans could be breached as a result of Hurricane Katrina. In fact, other evidence shows that Bush and other administration officials were warned and were aware that Katrina could cause the levees to breach, with catastrophic results.

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