Strike the Set

Julian Sanchez | September 4, 2005

Kevin Drum's right: If this report is accurate, it's criminal.

There was a striking dicrepancy between the CNN International report on the Bush visit to the New Orleans disaster zone, yesterday, and reports of the same event by German TV.

ZDF News reported that the president's visit was a completely staged event. Their crew witnessed how the open air food distribution point Bush visited in front of the cameras was torn down immediately after the president and the herd of 'news people' had left and that others which were allegedly being set up were abandoned at the same time.

UPDATE: Jesse Walker forwards a link to more info.