Can This Administration Ever Be Trusted?

I'm certainly not taken with the Bush Administration, but this past week, they may have hit a new low. FEMA, the agency that responds to disasters, held a "fake" news conference, complete with one of it's top level people answering questions from EMPLOYEES OF THE AGENCY!!! Actual reporters were only able to listen to the "news conference" by telephone. From what I understand, the event was even carried by some cable stations which were unaware at the time that this was a staged event. Further, the official of FEMA praised the agency's response to the fires in California and noted that FEMA had handled the situation far better than with the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Michael Chertoff, the head of FEMA has declined to say if anyone will be fired for this attempt to influence public opinion by phony means.

I'm not much into conspiracy theories, but this bunch in this Administration could change my mind on the matter very quickly. There have also been questions raised about economic data and inflation numbers being issued by this Administration. When you hear things like the above, it calls into question anything and everything said by anyone representing this Administration. Will THE REAL PRESS please step forward!!!