Lie To Me
A couple of papers have again broken an important story by- what else?- burying in the back somewhere, usually alongside the obits. The Bush administration informed the EPA that it had to do less alarming truth-telling, and more- well, bullshit- in the days after 9/11:
"As a result of the White House C.E.Q.'s influence, guidance for cleaning indoor spaces and information about the potential health effects from W.T.C. debris were not included in the E.P.A's issued press releases," said the report, which the Times notes was made available by people who said it was too harsh. "In addition, based on C.E.Q.'s influence, reassuring information was added to at least one press release and cautionary information was deleted from E.P.A.'s draft version of that press release."
How in the hell do Republican lapdogs keep getting away with insisting that the Bush administration would never tell a wing of the government to disseminate false information? To the CIA about Iraq, the EPA about health concerns, to the 9/11 commission about what they knew......I mean, is there a single person left in America who still thinks that this White House is honest? Even die-hard right-wingers seem to be admitting they're liars these days. And Buffalo Soliders gets buried for being too controversial. Right.
More on that the-EPA-are-liars story here.