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[Joe]

EPA also accuses the reporter of writing the story from the "comfort of Washington" (the story was written from on-the-field reporting in Houston).

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AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area

EPA releases this statement in response that claims the article is misleading, and personally attacks the reporter http://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-response-aps-misleading-story

One of the links in the statement leads to a Breitbart story
New York Magazine | EPA Denies Neglecting Houston Superfund Sites, Attacks Reporter

AP Executive Editor releases a statement in response https://twitter.com/tbridis/status/904494438759706624

Photos from reporting

AP videographer's 360° video of flooded superfund site: https://youtu.be/erg6azfuP5k

 

[FZZ]

The EPA is going to shit ain't it

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Environmental Poison Agency.

 

[SenorArdilla]

America is fucked.

 

[Stinkles]

Hillary is a hawk though.

 

[Fancyarcher]

Scott Pruit is a monster, what a surprise.

America is fucked.

I think we know that already. These "things" are getting tiring at this point.

 

[GameAddict411]

When the Agency is now in control of climate change deniers the EPA is turned into partisan shit. They have ne regard to the environment, and the response to AP article tone is very condescending and unprofessional.

 

[FyreWulff]

I mean this 100% confirms the Trump admin is directly penning statements for agencies, using the same language and 'cadence' as Trump press releases.

Usually the EPA et al do their own public talking, but this confirms they've got all the agencies gagged and White House is using them as letterhead for WH PR.

 

[Transistor]

The EPA is going to shit ain't it

Everything under Trump is going to shit

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Reads like it was written by Bannon/Breitbart themselves.

 

[BoboBrazil]

The damage Trump has done to the epa by electing Scott Pruitt is going to be his worst lasting legacy. So many lifetime scientists with brilliant minds have quit or gotten fired because of this idiot, who was caught sending statements direcrly from oil companies to Washington on Oklahoma letterhead.

 

[Bleepey]

I wanna laugh at the idiots who voted Jill Stein

 

[ashecitism]

AP Executive Editor releases a statement in response https://twitter.com/tbridis/status/904494438759706624

You put the wrong pic here, here's the correct one:

 

[John Rabbit]

The EPA has gone to shit ain't it

Fixed.

 

[Owzers]

There is no EPA, there is only Trump.

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

America is fucked.

yup

EPA
State Department
Department of Energy/Education/Justice etc

and the list goes on

 

[mmazurkiewicz]

you guys saying EPA has gone to shit is the exact mission of the dump admin.

 

[j_k_redtail]

Glass chins everywhere. Nobody in this administration can take a hit.

 

[KojiKnight]

Is The Donald sitting over the EPA head's shoulders?

Also, can the AP sue the EPA for libel if they don't retract what they said? That'd be amusing.

 

[Joe]

You put the wrong pic here, here's the correct one:

Thanks

 

[NewFresh]

EPA now attaching the Fourth Estate too?


cool.......

 

[PhantomThief]

Damn.. get this orange fucker outta office STAT

 

[Nokterian]

Trump even refused to send the EPA to those flooded toxic places AP reported, unbelievable.

 

[Link]

Boy, we became a tin-pot dictatorship in record time, didn't we? State-issued propaganda and attacks on anyone questioning or criticizing the administration and everything. Hard to believe this is where we're at.

 

[PBalfredo]

AP: Houston has more than a dozen Superfund sites. Many are flooded.

EPA: Lies! Slander! Only 13 are flooded!

That's.... that's more than the AP article led me to believe

 

[ThLunarian]

We need an ACLU equivalent for environmental issues

 

[Onlinehero]

That reads like a forum post.

You have issues, America.

 

[FyreWulff]

We need an ACLU equivalent for environmental issues

we probably don't because i can't remember the last time we had a president micromanage the EPA this much.

this Pruitt asshole has even made it so you can't even be on the floor he's on without an escort and has a super deep security detail with him. For the fucking EPA.


It's kinda sad when you go back and look at EPA directors. All except one of the Democrat ones actually had a background in environment. Almost all the Republican ones except for HW and Nixon intentionally tried to sabotage green economy efforts and were just arbitrary politicians given the position.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

That reads like a forum post.

You have issues, America.

No shit.

 

[bionic77]

Who needs science when you got Breitbart?

 

[John Rabbit]

America is fucked.

Not really. But it's time we start realizing the government no longer works for the American people and that the current administration has no intention of doing so. Demonstrate how flawed the government is by killing it from the inside out; the GOP way.

 

[Host Samurai]

The last pic is a perfect "but her emails"

 

[Pyrokai]

next presidency is basically a clean up job

 

[poppedcollar69]

like, every governmental agency has been transformed into a propaganda factory

 

[PhantomThief]

I mean that " but her emails " sign floating in the water basically came true, sad enough.

 

[bionic77]

Not really. But it's time we start realizing the government no longer works for the American people and that the current administration has no intention of doing so. Demonstrate how flawed the government is by killing it from the inside out; the GOP way.

We need to stop blaming the government. That's the easy way out.

The problem is the people.

This country is incredibly divided. Something needs to change.

I never would have said this 10 years ago but I am starting to feel that they are going to win and drag all of us down with them.

 

[kevin1025]

AP: Houston has more than a dozen Superfund sites. Many are flooded.

EPA: Lies! Slander! Only 13 are flooded!

That's.... that's more than the AP article led me to believe

But what does more mean? We are going to need a lot of scientific opinions to quantify what "more" entails, and then you can't trust the data because science might be lobbied.

/Republicans

 

[Hubbl3]

next presidency is basically a clean up job

Every post-Republican presidency is :/

 

[Beartruck]

And you thought Walter Peck was the biggest asshole at the EPA. At least he was trying to stop dudes with toxic unlicensed nuclear accelerators.

 

[Nishastra]

like, every governmental agency has been transformed into a propaganda factory

Either that or it's dead in the water with no appointed leadership or funds.

 

[Link]

We need to stop blaming the government. That's the easy way out.

The problem is the people.

This country is incredibly divided. Something needs to change.

I never would have said this 10 years ago but I am starting to feel that they are going to win and drag all of us down with them.

They already won. They stole a Supreme Court seat and ran literally the worst fucking person on the planet for president and still managed to end up controlling every branch of the government. The best thing we can hope for now is that it doesn't take decades to fix the damage.

 

[E-Cat]

You cannot make this shit up.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

FAKE NEWS: Associated Press Engulfed in CNN-Level Scandal as It Covers Up Invention of Imaginary Pruitt Meeting

Morons.

 

[John Rabbit]

We need to stop blaming the government. That's the easy way out.

The problem is the people.

This country is incredibly divided. Something needs to change.

I never would have said this 10 years ago but I am starting to feel that they are going to win and drag all of us down with them.

Thats exactly my point. The government (specifically the executive branch) is no longer a useful boogeyman. They have demonstrated time and again they are not concerned with the will of the people or the pursuit of facts. Instead of continuing to point at them and say "oh how horrible!" we need to find other ways to enact change.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

When the Agency is now in control of climate change deniers the EPA is turned into partisan shit. They have ne regard to the environment, and the response to AP article tone is very condescending and unprofessional.

Both sides guys, both sides.

 

[adj_noun]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

the EPA doing a heel turn on the environment is one of the weirdest things to come out of this nightmare.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Hillary is a hawk though.

 

[PS3GamerKyle]

Please donate to the Natural Resources Defense Council or other environmental organizations you like to keep the fight up against this reprehensible administration

 

[bionic77]

Thats exactly my point. The government (specifically the executive branch) is no longer a useful boogeyman. They have demonstrated time and again they are not concerned with the will of the people or the pursuit of facts. Instead of continuing to point at them and say "oh how horrible!" we need to find other ways to enact change.

I don't know how this country can move forward when a huge percentage of the population would rather listen to Rush and Hannity over science.

If we can't even agree over fucking science what can we agree on with them.

 

[slider]

Does it really say that he has a history of letting facts get in the way of his story? Or am I misreading or misunderstanding.