White House altered drilling safety report

[thundley4]

The Northerner (1000+ posts)             Wed Nov-10-10 03:16 PM
Original message
Report: White House altered drilling safety report
   
WASHINGTON – The Interior Department's inspector general says the White House edited a drilling safety report in a way that made it falsely appear that scientists and experts supported the administration's six-month ban on new drilling.

The inspector general says the editing changes resulted "in the implication that the moratorium recommendation had been peer reviewed." But it hadn't been. The scientists were only asked to review new safety measures for offshore drilling.

The investigation is the latest in a string of incidents where the Obama administration has been accused of overstating the science behind official reports and political decisions made after the massive Gulf oil spill. In the wake of the April 20 disaster, the administration struggled to portray that it — not BP — was in charge of responding to the blowout, which killed 11 and spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf.

Last month, staff for the presidential oil spill commission said that the White House's budget office delayed publication of a report by federal scientists that forecast how much oil could potentially reach the Gulf's shores. Federal scientists initially used a volume of oil that did not account for the administration's various cleanup efforts. A smaller volume was ultimately presented.

The same report said that President Barack Obama's energy adviser, Carol Browner, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration head Jane Lubchenco contributed to the public's perception that a government report on where the oil had gone was more exact than it was by emphasizing peer review. Browner, the commission's staff said, also mischaracterized the analysis on national TV, saying it showed most of the oil was "gone." The report said it could still be there.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101110/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf...


Wow.

Can these propaganda pushers stoop any lower?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9529164

ProSense   (1000+ posts)             Wed Nov-10-10 03:19 PM
Response to Original message
1. "Can these propaganda pushers stoop any lower?" When are they going
   
to investigate BP instead of focusing on WH messaging?

It's okay for the government to lie as long as the lie supports the outcome you desire, right?
 

blindpig   (1000+ posts)           Wed Nov-10-10 03:29 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. When is the White House gonna come down on BP
   

like a ton of bricks?

That is the larger question, and the answer looks like 'never'.

How about that $20B slush fund that Obama extorted from BP?
 

pintobean   (1000+ posts)           Wed Nov-10-10 03:37 PM
Response to Original message
3. A little trick they learned
   
from the IPCC

Ouch.  Are you sure you meant to post that?

This won't get much attention unless they totally ignore the main point of the original article.

[true_blood]

blindpig   (1000+ posts)           Wed Nov-10-10 03:29 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. When is the White House gonna come down on BP like a ton of bricks? That is the larger question, and the answer looks like 'never'.

You really are a "blind pig", huh?!
I wonder whom it was that told BP they had to drill in deep water to begin with? Care to answer DUmmies?

[Wineslob]

My "understanding" is that the well was not owned by BP. However, they stepped up and said they would take care of it. Besides............where's the oil now?? Hummm?

[JohnnyReb]

"I cannot tell a lie........there must be something wrong with the teleprompter." Obama

[Carl]

Liberal "justice" is the same as situational ethics.
It is needed for the march to the tyranny that they inevitably bring when given the chance.

[USA4ME]

ProSense

1. "Can these propaganda pushers stoop any lower?" When are they going to investigate BP instead of focusing on WH messaging?

One of the biggest worshippers of Dear Leader... POW!!!.... first one to post to deflect and defend.  These BHO cultists are worse than anyone they ever accused of being GWB defenders.

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[jukin]

Obama lied.
The Gulf Coast died.

[DumbAss Tanker]

I had a brief moment of cognitive dissonance there when I thought they were complaining about the dishonesty and fraud perpetrated by Obama, Axelrod, et al., but then I realized they are just crappy writers and what they meant to do was condemn the bearer of the bad news for besmirching the evil Donkocrat overlords.

[Karin]

Nearly every day I say to myself, "Is this an impeachable offense?  How about this?"

[thundley4]

I had a brief moment of cognitive dissonance there when I thought they were complaining about the dishonesty and fraud perpetrated by Obama, Axelrod, et al., but then I realized they are just crappy writers and what they meant to do was condemn the bearer of the bad news for besmirching the evil Donkocrat overlords.

DUmmies firmly believe in "shooting the messenger".