Special Report's Hume, American Morning's Costello noted that Vaccarella "thank[ed]" Bush, didn't note his Republican affiliation
SUMMARY: In reports on Hurricane Katrina survivor Rockey Vaccarella's August 23 appearance with President Bush, Fox News' Brit Hume and CNN's Carol Costello mentioned Vaccarella's praise for Bush's handling of the storm, but neither noted that Vaccarella once ran for local office as a Republican.
In reports on Hurricane Katrina survivor Rockey Vaccarella's August 23 appearance with President Bush, Fox News Washington managing editor Brit Hume and CNN anchor Carol Costello mentioned Vaccarella's praise for Bush's handling of the storm, but neither noted that Vaccarella once ran for local office as a Republican, as Media Matters for America has documented. On the August 23 edition of Fox News' Special Report, Hume reported that Vaccarella "got his wish" to "thank President Bush in person for the mobile home he received from the federal government when his house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina," and that Vaccarella "thought the president ought to have a third term, a remark that the president even found to be a little much." On the August 24 edition of CNN's American Morning, Costello reported that Vaccarella "visited with the president yesterday to thank him for the government's help with the disaster, but he also reminded him that there's much more that needs to be done to rebuild after Katrina."
Costello did not refer to Vaccarella's Republican
affiliation, even
though CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported it during the
previous day's edition of CNN's The
Situation Room. As Media Matters noted, shortly before
Malveaux's report, CNN host Kyra Phillips failed to identify
Vaccarella's Republican ties while interviewing him on the August 23
edition of Live From... .
From the August 23 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Brit Hume:
HUME: That Louisiana man we told you about last night, who hoped to thank President Bush in person for the mobile home he received from the federal government when his house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, got his wish today. After meeting with Rockey Vaccarella in the Oval Office, the president promised the federal government will continue working to clear away any obstacles to rebuilding the Gulf Coast, substantial parts of which, of course, were destroyed when the storm struck a year ago and have not yet recovered. The man, by the way, said he thought the president ought to have a third term, a remark that the president even found to be a little much.
From the August 24 edition of CNN's American Morning:
COSTELLO: Opening bell. It just rang on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opens at 11, 297. That's down nearly 42 points, so at least we'll have a better day today. And Rockey Vaccarella, the Katrina survivor, made it to the White House. You remember Rockey. He towed his FEMA trailer to Washington all the way from St. Bernard's Parish, just east of New Orleans. He visited with the president yesterday to thank him for the government's help with the disaster, but he also reminded him there's much more that needs to be done to rebuild after Katrina. But, hey, he got to talk to the man himself, Soledad.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN (host): Good for him. Good for him. Goal set and accomplished. All right, Carol, thanks.
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Times that RoronoaZoro has made a good and relevant point: 0.
And the relevance of this post is what????
The first post above appears to be supporting the well-worn logical fallacy that what is more popular must be more legitimate.
We often see this fallacy especially in regards to O'Reilly or FoxNews.
It is a logical fallacy because it doesn't address the crux of the argument in any way. And it isn't necessarily true that what is always more popular is always more right.
Note that the majority of Americans once believed Iraq was behind 9-11. Something that is now even denied by the very people who worked hardest to plant that idea.
What are you going to do next?
Screw the Gulf...I'm going to Disney World!"
Much more that needs to be done? What an understatment!
The only reason he met with the schmuck is because he's a reptile. He hardly represents the majority of NOLA citizens. Shrub' s incompetence is matched only by his indifference. Kanye West was entirely too easy on him. The only people in Mississippi happy with things are partisan scum like Hayley Barbour and Trent Lott.
Funny how our media is not looking at the present condition of New Orleans or the plight of the returnees and the hundreds of thousands still refugee. I see ads on msm tv for documentaries about the storm and it's immediate effects but have to go to the underground liberal media to find out what's going on right now. While the presstitutes are obsessing over Lieberman and Ramsey, the people of New Orleans are still living in trailers and being kept from their homes and haven't received a single Federal dollar for reconstruction. Plenty of bogus contractors have though. The level of corruption in the FEMA contract process is appalling. You won't see any of this on msm "news". But then I guess when you live in a climate of constant instant gratification and nonstop distraction, it's easy to lose sight of reality and dwell entirely in a world of irrelevancies.