http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/25/AR2007102502488.html
FEMA created a fake news conference on the fires in southern California to avoid being asked any difficult questions. No actual reporter took part, but the staged "briefing" was distributed as actual news.
The Republican right loves top do this sort of thing, and they are surfacing with increasing frequency. The general public is far too stupid to care - they can't be bothered with something that isn't spoon feed by a mega-church paster or some other non-authority authority figure. It's got to be about fear and/or hate, and it's got to be extremely simple or they'll tune out.
No doubt this works great. There's less and less difference between Fox news, the government and the overtly political groups all the time. The Republican party should probably just go ahead and hire actors for the roles of all the key positions. Maybe they already do. I'm not sure how we'd be able to tell.
And why isn't the "real" media reporting on FEMA's fake briefing? That question is answered above.
"Real" media... Good one. I crack myself up...
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