Topic: Media Research Center
Most conservatives, even as they have rushed to the defense of President Bush, have been loath to defend Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael Brown for his slow response to Hurricane Katrina. Until now.
NewsBusters has rushed in to fill the void. A Sept. 9 post by Dustin Hawkins takes issue with a Time magazine piece on Brown:
While accusing Brown of both padding his resume and having no emergency management expience prior to becoming FEMA head, TIME simply doesn't acknowledge his work as having "served as FEMA's Deputy Director and the agency's General Counsel. Shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks, Mr. Brown served on the President's Consequence Management Principal's Committee, which acted as the White House's policy coordination group for the federal domestic response to the attacks." Nor does TIME mention his handling of some 150+ handling of other declared disasters and emergencies prior to Hurricane Katrina and the job he did.
Posted by Terry K.
at 1:59 PM EDT
