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[xiphias]

Should it worry me that people who read LiveJournal know more about what's going on in New Orleans, thanks to the heroic efforts of interdictor than the President does?

This does show that the President could have done as good a job of co-ordinating relief efforts from Crawford as he could from Washington -- but, unfortunately, if you're reading this, you could do a better job.

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Also - do we have any evidence that interdictor's reports are more accurate than anybody else's? Corroborating sources, that sort of thing? Evidence that he's not actually sitting in a Starbucks in California making it all up?

I'm not saying I think he is; I don't. But what would stop him? If he and a professional news reporter are saying different things (which people seem to be saying is the case), what reasons do I have to believe his report over that of the professional?

The blog world opens up those kinds of possibilities, and I can't help thinking that *lots* of people could be easily taken in by a skilled creative writer.

faked?

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

have you read his stuff? he's not a skilled creative writer, he's a macho libertarian (i am 100% sure about the macho, not 100% on the libertarian, but it fits with his insistence to stay and protect his stuff at all cost), who's upset at what's happening to his city. it'll be very interesting to see how this'll effect his politics after it's all over.

if this is faked, it's ingenuous in its haphazardness. no, this is as little faked as raed in baghdad was faked; this is the real mccoy, and so you get the real stuff from his particular perspective. with a little extra helping of drama, IMO, but that's to be expected; it is a very dramatic situation. i wouldn't take his word against that of a "real" reporter, but i'll take it right alongside. eye witnesses often disagree, and i like to hear as many different perspectives as possible, because the truth lies somewhere in between.