MSM embarassed by bloggers AGAIN!

Again the MSM has been caught not doing their job by bloggers. If you remember Aaron Broussard president of Jefferson Parish in New Orleans appearance on Meet The Press with Tim Russert where he broke down in tears over the death of a colleagues mother whom he claimed died due to the slow response of the federal government. Here is a partial transcript of the appearance on Meet The Press;
BROUSSARD: ... The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, "Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?" And he said, "Yeah, Mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday." And she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night.

RUSSERT: Mr. President...

BROUSSARD: Nobody's coming to get us. Nobody's coming to get us. The secretary has promised. Everybody's promised. They've had press conferences. I'm sick of the press conferences. For God sakes, shut up and send us somebody.

RUSSERT: Just take a pause, Mr. President. While you gather yourself in your very emotional times, I understand, let me go to Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi.

Of course thats not how it happened;
New details and interviews with the son whose mother died in the flood show that the tragedy unfolded from Saturday through Monday, Aug. 29 — not Monday through Friday, Sept. 2 as recounted by Broussard. The owners of the nursing home were indicted Tuesday for the deaths of more than 30 residents, which officials say occurred on Aug. 29.

Now how difficult could it have been to simply verify the facts of this story? The bloggers had it figured out last week but it takes until 9/19 for the MSM to finally report the inconsistencies with the story. And of course the MSNBC article fails to mention that Broussard's breakdown occurred after his long and rambling attack on FEMA and the federal government, but of course he had nothing but praise for Governor Kathleen "I don't even know what day it is" Blanco.
But I want to thank Governor Blanco for all she's done and all her leadership. She sent in the National Guard.

Here is where the blogger investigation may have started, via InstaPundit.

It also appears that Broussards accusations that FEMA rejected 3 trucks of water from Wal-mart and that FEMA told the Coast Guard not to dispense fuel to trucks from Jefferson Parish are untrue as well.From RedState.org;
UPDATE: Sharon Weber of Wal-Mart called back. She said that last week, FEMA diverted those water trucks to "another location, which [FEMA] felt was in greater need than where they were headed." Weber emphasized that Wal-Mart would not override any FEMA decisions made in emergency situations. So Broussard, who claimed that Wal-Mart's aid was ourtight rejected, was wrong. Based on Wal-Mart's information, their trucks were taken where FEMA thought they were needed most. It would appear that the same story occurred with the Coast Guard fuel issue. Broussard said that FEMA wouldn't release the fuel to Jefferson Parish - but surely that fuel went somewhere else it was needed. Thanks to Wal-Mart's Sharon Weber for tracking down this information

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