Reply #30: His original telling of the story.... [View All]

[Imajika]

...was simply not accurate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9368952/

"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."

Broussard goes on national TV, makes highly charged accusations that get repeated over and over, and it turns out his timeline is way off the mark. No one at all should be surprised that Russert and/or other people in the media won't question it.

The owners of the nursing home and local officials appear to be most at fault for this particular incident, not FEMA or the Federal response. Had this woman really been trapped in the home till Friday one could say her sitting there all week without help was due to horrific Federal response, but the timeline was Saturday through Monday - not stretching throughout the entire week through Friday as Broussard had claimed.

Even FEMA at it's very best is not going to be able to respond to every stranded person in 3 days.

I also highly doubt that Broussard hadn't seen at some point a replay of his appearance 3 weeks ago on MTP till this Sunday. That was broadcast over and over and over and over again on NBC, MSNBC and elsewhere. Infact, I believe Matthews ran it several times as a lead in to his interviews with Broussard.

All I am saying is, something is very odd about this.