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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh well, the banter has begun to absolve Snyder and say that it is the fault of
the EPA and the executive branch of government. Damn! Damn! Damn! The media is the most harmful thing for those who are unable to decipher the truth from ratinga.
malaise
(267,784 posts)Good fuggin' grief - he says they treat everyone the same
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)Now that's desperation.
Tanuki
(14,893 posts)"Heckuva job, Snydie!"
mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)Propaganda is a powerful drug!
Laurian
(2,593 posts)I wish a high level official in the Obama administration would speak up before blame is totally shifted from Snyder to Obama's administration.
mikeysnot
(4,755 posts)not much to expect out of MSNBC...
emulatorloo
(43,979 posts)You are absolutely right about Rachel. I also think Chris Hayes and L O'd have good shows. Not as great as Maddow's show of course.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)Following the switch, DEQ officials argued water testing, including two six-month periods of sampling, needed to be completed before making a decision on the need for corrosion controls. EPA officials, according to Hedman, wanted the controls implemented immediately out of concern for public health.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/12/epa-stayed-silent-flints-tainted-water/78719620/
mfcorey1
(10,997 posts)that all those highly paid researchers for print and electronic media would do the same. Lazy, incompetent journalist is what we now have. It matches the decline in the GOP . Even the level of intelligence during George Bush's administration was higher than all the duds running on the right. They were just scammers and manipulators.
Human101948
(3,457 posts)They can't have it both ways. Well, I guess they can with this mass media setup.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Gov. Snyder put together a timeline to help everyone understand what happened in Flint. Curiously, a couple of rather salient datapoints were omitted:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/20/1472357/-What-s-missing-from-Governor-Snyder-s-Flint-timeline
You will all be shocked to know that what was left out was particularly damning for the Snyder administration and it's side of the story.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Both groups care not one bit about citizens...been that way for a long long time. Even Detroit didn't wake people up. Like the owners feel bold enough to poison thousands...but why not they made thousands homeless in the last Wall Street pillage of the commoners.