AP does a friday night dumpathon regarding levees

Media: How slick as if they didn't realize they made the mistake before they put out the video/report. It was clear what the President meant when he said "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees,"

AP FRIDAY NIGHT CLARIFICATION ON BUSH/KATRINA VIDEO Fri Mar 03 2006 19:48:29 ET Clarification: Katrina-Video story ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees in New Orleans, citing confidential video footage of an Aug. 28 briefing among U.S. officials. The Army Corps of Engineers considers a breach a hole developing in a levee rather than an overrun. The story should have made clear that Bush was warned about floodwaters overrunning the levees, rather than the levees breaking. The day before the storm hit, Bush was told there were grave concerns that the levees could be overrun. It wasn't until the next morning, as the storm was hitting, that Michael Brown, then head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said Bush had inquired about reports of breaches. Bush did not participate in that briefing.

Not that Keith Olbermann or others will give a correction anytime soon, the media got what it wanted even though the AP and Olbermann flat out lied about it. Howard Kurtz sorta touches on the falsehood, Eugene Robinson lies, Froomkin had his Bush lie storyline so nothing is going to change that including facts that was known months ago. This was a nice hit and run by the AP. Washington Post runs an editorial based on the AP lie showing they are not quick on their feet.