White House Blames Media, False Reports for Scare Resulting from Coast Guard Exercise

Sounds like another terrifying flight of Scare Force One.

I would have never thought for a moment that I would be saying this…..
Good job Gibbs…..

“White House Blames Media for Scare”
No, it wasn’t the gov’t fault. It’s never the gov’t fault.

You have to be kidding me. A knuckle-head move by the government to do a training exercise in DC are, on the anniversary of 9-11 and this idiot Gibbs chastises the media for reporting it.
I wonder if the media is gonna continue to lay down and let this administration continue to walk all over them.

Are these people that stupid tp do this on 911? I am surprised they did not do a Obama flyover in NY today.
what a bunch of idiots.

“Asked if 9/11 was an appropriate day for such a training exercise, Gibbs said, “I tend not to question law enforcement trying to keep the nation safe.”
LOL, LOL, LOL…….
Gibby….does that split tongue ever get tangled up?

“Sounds pretty similar to me – In both cases:
- WH out of touch
- WH blames media”
tjp612 | Sep 11, 2009 11:42:40 AM
So now the White House is in charge of a local Coast Guard boat’s on board drills? I burned my toast – Must be because the WH is out of touch.

Nothing happens in government by accident.

I can’t get some of the railing against the Guard for this ????
They were using a training frequency !!!!
CNN dropped the ball on this one ALL THE WAY….

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Obama lecturing cnn? Come on, I don’t believe this for a second.

Lets put em in charge of healthcare. They sound like they know what they are doing.

Gibbs should check his mouth before he inserts his foot, like a centipede.

“The group called the exercise “absolutely inexcusable. September 11th is a day to remember the loss of 2,973 innocent victims in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon; not a day to create an unnecessary panic near a terrorist’s target,” and called for an investigation.”
They do realize that the MEDIA created the unnecessary panic, don’t they? The USCG doesn’t stop training. The best way to honor the fallen is to keep our guard up and prevent further attacks from happening

Does anyone think the Secret Service brief’s the Coast Guard everytime the President goes over a bridge?
Does the Coast Guard notify the Secret Service everytime they hold a training exercise?
CNN is at fault for doing a slopy job. Period.
All the “outrage” is a grab for therir 15 minutes of fame. What a load!

“So now the White House is in charge of a local Coast Guard boat’s on board drills? I burned my toast – Must be because the WH is out of touch.”
1. Exercise scheduled on 9/11, a date of extreme significance in DC – Don’t you think the WH should be in the loop?
2. Bob Gibbs is incredulous that this story was reported – Does this not suggest he is out of touch?
That you will defend this administration regardless of their actions is a very telling indicator of how you are blinded by your ideology.

Uh, lets get this straight. The White House did NOT blame the media – they blamed CNN!
You have to love press secretary Gibbs. When another journalist noted that the Coast Guard was holding a news conference to take questions on the morning’s events, Gibbs jabbed: “Hopefully CNN will go.”

This is so funny. Typical of CNN to be the news instead of reporting the news; accurately I might add. Then the WH going after a news organization that isn’t FOX. You can’t make this stuff up.

There is no better time to conduct a drill. Would you rather the USCG be out there wasting taxpayer gas just floating in the water or practicing what they are there to do. To question a standard drill based on the assumption of an unqualified persons report to an organization that is bent on making everyone look bad is ridiculous. Instead of questioning the drill and the service you should be thanking them for their sacrifices and service to the American public. This is common, as in daily, and should be looked on as an honor some are willing to give all to help all remain safe.

This is the third straight day of Obama and Gibbs telling the media how to do their job, what to report, WHAT NOT TO REPORT, and mocking them.
Yet, the media, gullible poodles that they are, are cowed by the politicians?
The MSM is at its lowest point. I don’t blame CNN for covering a breaking news story. Usually, the media is given a heads up.
This is the second time the civilian appointees of the Obama Administration have scared the heck out of people.
Enough.
Are the stooges at ACORN and the NEA now in charge of the Coast Guard?

“Usually, the media is given a heads up.”
Karen | Sep 11, 2009 12:11:22 PM
Can you provide any support for that wild assertion? That the media is given a heads up about standard one or two boat drills? Do they get warned before someone pulls the horn during a docking exercise too?

I don’t believe ANYTHING coming out of Washington anymore, least of all anything coming out of Gibbs’ mouth…

Jake, why are you not covering the ACORN scandel that is going on?

This is one thing I Agree with Gibbs on…. The media sure did over react…. guess its more important to be First….Than Right….

Of course the Whitehouse is blaming the media. The never take responsibility for their actions.
Funny how they are attacking the same people who got Obama elected.

The media ia a bunch of lapdogs and doormats.
Gibbs and Obama can trash them and they run back with their tongues hanging out begging for more.
Totally in love with Obama and will risk their integrity at all costs to protect Obama.
Pitiful…

Two things:
One, Gibbs sounds disingenuous saying he doesn’t want to interfere with law enforcement, when he boss stuck his foot in it with the Boston PD earlier this summer.
Second, does he suggest that there WILL be more American victims of terrorist attack? Surely not…what kind of a WH statement is THAT and on 9/11?

Lover’s quarrel?
I don’t know who is more disgusting the Obama administration or the MSM.
They are both liars.

…hell, the news that doesn’t make the news on our exalted networks is far more interesting and most assuredly more relevant to us…..ie, Acorn….you know, Jake, as in Nuts…Acorn….Acorn….Acorn.

Asked if 9/11 was an appropriate day for such a training exercise, Gibbs said, “I tend not to question law enforcement trying to keep the nation safe.”
When does Obama go on national TV to declare that the Coast Guard “acted stupidly?”

They didn’t blame the media when Mr. Obama was consider Jesus, The One.

>And not one word about ACORN’s new scandal as they waste billions of tax dollars.
Where’s the proof that they even got ONE billion?

White House needs to wag a finger at ACORN. Why are they not reporting on the abuse here on abc and other white house controlled news media???? Take the money away from ACORN and feed the hungry here in th U S A

I think today Alert was uncalled for so many are hurting an US Coast Guard use poor taste. This should be a reminder to those not aware of hurt it brings.

I think today Alert was uncalled for so many are hurting an US Coast Guard use poor taste. This should be a reminder to those not aware of hurt it brings.

Better be getting on the same page people. Ever heard of calling to check first before going national? This is the security and safety of a whole country with millions of people in it your’re messing with, not some sub substandard rock show in Philly. Be careful what you report dummies, you could start one helluva panic.

It was in the Top Headline section on the front page yesterday; that hardly seems like a good way to cover it up.
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 12:36:37 PM
I don’t suppose you have a screen shot – cause I don’t see anything today…
And I heard a similar sequence happened in Washington DC.
When will Congress investigate ACORN?

Why did all the right winger miss the FRONT PAGE report on ACORN that ABC did yesterday? Typically news sites only report the same news once.
I look forward to the two crooks being taken before a court and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. (And if they are not, that says a lot about how much editting and acting work was required to make this story.)
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:11:37 PM
They did another sting that Fox has been reporting in a different ACORN office. I never saw ABC report anything on ACORN even yesterday?

This is laughable and an outrage at the same time..how can Gibbs keep a straight face when he chastises the media for reporting what appeared to be a dramatic breach of security that could endanger all of us as well as the ONE….
Gawd this prez is inept. Can we please get the adults back to run this country…failed experiment would be the best description of this presidency..Lord help us all.

I look forward to the two crooks being taken before a court and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. (And if they are not, that says a lot about how much editting and acting work was required to make this story.)
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:11:37 PM
Says Bubble Boy.

Why did all the right winger miss the FRONT PAGE report on ACORN that ABC did yesterday? Typically news sites only report the same news once.
LOL,,ONCE???? I guess you NEVER heard of a follow-up jhw….come on son, your better than that!
Once goes to stories that they DO NOT WANT to follow up on.

“Once goes to stories that they DO NOT WANT to follow up on.”
Mike_C | Sep 11, 2009 1:18:52 PM
Whatever you say. I guess they should have another story up right now, it’s been almost 24 hours since the first one. Who cares that there is nothing new to report? Heck, they should do a daily summary of all Fox stories I guess. Just to be unbiased you know.
I want to see the headline of the two employees being brought up on charges, in court. Based on the strength of the evidence I’m hearing about, the only reason that could not happen is if Fox actively obstructs any investigation and refuses to release the full unedited tape for evidence.

The Obama Administration is so inept and out of touch I’m surprised they didn’t schedule another AF1 photo-op over NYC today.
It’s a race to see who is more inept the media or the WH.

Gibbs had it right. The Media use to be a trusted outlet of information in this country. Today, you can’t believe anything you read or watch on TV without first doing you’re own homework. And even that is difficult. I understand every Media Outlet wants to be the first to report a story, but when that desire to be first compromises the integrity of the story, the media becomes the story and the truth becomes impossible to uncover. The same goes with “slanting” and “opinion”. Fine, you want to share your opinion, share your opinion. But be very clear and upfront that it’s simply “Your Opinion”, and not necessarily fact. I have an opinion about a lot of things, like Rush Limbaugh is a moron who likes to cross dress while getting high. But I have no facts to back that statement, it’s just an opinion.

millie – Inept would be the Katrina rescue. Maybe losing billions off pallets in Iraq. This is stupid reporting.

“A good example of that is the Van Jones deal. ABC would not even report on it until he quit (fired) and when they did it was one time on labor day when no one was watching the news.”
billy bob | Sep 11, 2009 1:22:17 PM
I invite anyone reading to type “Van Jones” into the SEARCH box ABC has at the top of this page. Look at reality, and decide for yourself how much to trust billy bob’s claims in the future.

I am sure that the halting of departures at Reagan National Airport was ENTIRELY the fault of the “irresponsible media”! …NOT!!!
The Cult of Bureaucrates has done us again.

I want to see the headline of the two employees being brought up on charges, in court.
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:22:49 PM
Of course you do. But it’s ok if they blast all over the news that execs are corrupt cause they got or gave out bonuses. No charges brought up there but I bet you jumped on that bandwagon pretty fast.
Even if they are not charged, corruption obviously exists in that organization and they should be investigated by Congress. Oh wait, they are too busy investigating Major Leage Baseball for steroid use.

“Hey, take it easy on ACORN.”
Community Agitator | Sep 11, 2009 1:30:14 PM
No, press charges against the two captured abetting tax fraud. They should be standing in court for their actions. Why is Fox protecting them? Get charges brought and enter the FULL video tape into evidence already.

“A good example of that is the Van Jones deal. ABC would not even report on it until he quit (fired) and when they did it was one time on labor day when no one was watching the news.”
billy bob | Sep 11, 2009 1:22:17 PM
I invite anyone reading to type “Van Jones” into the SEARCH box ABC has at the top of this page. Look at reality, and decide for yourself how much to trust billy bob’s claims in the future.
THANK YOU FOR PROVING MY POINT. I did that and they reported it on TWO days, the 6th (Sunday) and the 7th (Labor Day) when everyone was on vacation. Fax had been reporting this for weeks prior to Van Jones being fired. Once again, thanks for proving my point.

How long before Obama says the Coast Guard acted “stupidly”?
He seems to have a chip on his shoulder about the media and law enforcement.
My guess is he sides with who helped get him elected–the MSM.

Obviously Gibbs has never heard of not biting the hand that feeds you. He should be thanking the media for all of their hard work getting him where he is at today.

Now, the DC office is caught doing the same thing.
Sure looks like a nationwide problem with this criminal enterprise.
Posted by: Community Agitator | Sep 11, 2009 1:39:34 PM
shhhh, jhw539 does not know that there are two different stings going on. He only watches the MSM.

Posted by: billy bob | Sep 11, 2009 1:39:25 PM
Wonder what results we would get if we typed in “van jones” in a search engine and checked the dates when GB started talking about this? I saw HuffPo reported on Beck on 7/31. I didn’t bother checking any further. As the unicorns like to say, “Most of us know what’s going on here.” Of course, they spin it a bit differently.

“Now, the DC office is caught doing the same thing.
Sure looks like a nationwide problem with this criminal enterprise.”
Community Agitator | Sep 11, 2009 1:39:34 PM
So why is Fox protecting them? Why won’t fox turn over the FULL tapes to prosecutors so appropriate charges can be brought?

ABC also mentioned it (although nothing new to report) on the 8th, 10th, 11th…
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:45:32 PM
Yea, what’s with that? Don’t they report a story once and move on? Like the ACORN story and Abu Ghraib?

So why is Fox protecting them? Why won’t fox turn over the FULL tapes to prosecutors so appropriate charges can be brought?
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:47:30 PM
And why wouldn’t the L.A. Times turn over their tape that showed Obama praising Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi at a 2003 banquet?

“Yea, what’s with that? Don’t they report a story once and move on? Like the ACORN story and Abu Ghraib?”
Still sore that they haven’t had a followup on the ACORN series Fox is running after a whole 20 hours? How can they dare bury important reviews of Fox productions?
And why is Fox protecting the (ex)ACORN criminals? Why won’t Fox turn over copies of their FULL tapes to prosecutors? Those guys should be brought up on charges, not just fired. Why won’t Fox cooperate?

Robert Gibbs can’t get his facts straight. Much like president Obama. The one thing that Obama does great is play the teleprompter like a virtuoso playing the violin.

Wonder if the MSM covered the doctors and nurses that protested Obamacare in DC yesterday. Looked like a big crowd.
Why wouldn’t the MSM report on that?
It makes Obama look bad.
Obama wants everyone to think all doctor/nurses support him.
He brags about AMA when only 17% of doctors belong to AMA.

“So now “one time” is really many times over two days?”
jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:45:32 PM
That’s all you’ve got? Pft.
Are my pants actually on fire? | Sep 11, 2009 1:53:33 PM
Yup, documented proof that the key piece of evidence supporting Billy bob’s rant was a complete and easily disproven lie. That is indeed all I have.

jhw539 What are you arguing about. Fox is not protecting anyone, they are making it public unlike ABC. Why would you oppose Fox for bringing to light a story of corruption and a waste of your tax dollars? I dont get it.

Which comes first: Safety or commemoration? Keep in mind the training exercise was being conducted as part of the overall scheme of preventing another sneak attack on us. I think it was an appropriate demonstration in memory of those who lost their lives because we were not prepared in 2001.

Good Lord, Barbara Beck. Are you kidding me? He has produced it, the director of Hawaii’s Department of Health and the registrar of vital statistics have verified it, and there’s even a birth announcement that was published in the Honolulu Advertiser a few days after his birth for good measure.

Maybe this was the US Coast Guard’s way of “volunteering” to commemorate 9/11?

[Why would you oppose Fox for bringing to light a story of corruption and a waste of your tax dollars? I dont get it.]
Because he thinks it makes the Commander-in-Community Organizer look bad.
From little ACORNS… Presidents grow.

want to see the headline of the two employees being brought up on charges, in court. Based on the strength of the evidence I’m hearing about, the only reason that could not happen is if Fox actively obstructs any investigation and refuses to release the full unedited tape for evidence.
(And if they are not, that says a lot about how much editting and acting work was required to make this story.)
LOL…. NOW you want action OR your insinuating that FOX faked it….LOL
well, you go on defending the sloths in the media, in the meantime, the rest of us will keep you updated on the real world….LOL
By the way jhw, I may have missed it, but what was your position on Van Jones?

So the pentagon is no longer a symbol of our military power, but rather a “terrorist target”… sounds to me like the terrorists have already won.. nice..

Gibbs is right. A competent reporter would have checked with the operational level Coast Guard organization before trying to scare everybody with “breaking news”. A competent journalist would have checked with the boat owner (operational level) not just HQ Coast Guard before going live with some dire threat story. CNN gets a failing grade on this one- very FOX like.

Does this President take responsibility
for Anything?
The New York City “flyover” was done
without the president’s knowledge and
he didn’t know that this exercise in
the Potomac was scheluled on the
anniversary of 9/11?
He didn’t know about Van Jones’s
radical beliefs nor did he know of
Rev Wright’s beliefs or Bill Ayers or
Dorn etc?
If we are to believe the above then the
president must be a “lovable doofus”!

Yup, documented proof that the key piece of evidence supporting Billy bob’s rant was a complete and easily disproven lie.
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 2:08:41 PM
Cherry picker…
Try responding to this:
Typically news sites only report the same news once.
Posted by: jhw539 | Sep 11, 2009 1:11:37 PM
You mean like Abu Ghraib?
Posted by: Are my pants actually on fire? | Sep 11, 2009 1:14:17 PM

“What are you arguing about. Fox is not protecting anyone, they are making it public unlike ABC. Why would you oppose Fox for bringing to light a story of corruption and a waste of your tax dollars?”
billy bob | Sep 11, 2009 2:12:40 PM
They have exposed criminal actions, yet no charges are being brought against the workers caught offering fraudulent advice. Why won’t Fox release the whole tape to prosecutors? I don’t just want the ACORN workers fired, I want them tried in court. Fox has the full tape and certainly the media megaphone to make it happen – why won’t they? Why is Fox by their actions clearly protecting these criminals from trial?

And Fox News does it–airing at least 17 segments on the ACORN video over the course of one day. Surely there’s other pressing news to cover? Or is this the only one that Republicans want to see?
Posted by: kolspur | Sep 11, 2009 2:45:50 PM
I was home all day yesterday and had Fox News on the whole time. They did indeed cover many other stories – not that you want anyone to know that. And they actually covered the ACORN story in the morning asking two lawyers about it who agreed there was no conspiracy to bring up charges.
In addition – and to name a few- they covered live the new rocket launcher testing. They covered live Obama’s neverending press conferences – this time with the nurses and we had to hear the tired old story of his mother & grandmother. I don’t think that Cavuto covered ACORN at all.
Glenn Beck is not a reporter so he can cover anything he wants. And he said we should not be debating HC or anything until we get rid of the corruption – you left that out.

By the way, a Pew Poll found Fox News viewers to be the least informed and knowledgable viewers among major news shows. Hmmm. Certainly the posts I’ve read on this board reflect that in spades.
Posted by: kolspur | Sep 11, 2009 2:55:14 PM
Please see my previous response to your uninformed statements about Fox News.

“John Stossel Departs ABC News for Fox”
At least someone over there has seen the light.

Glenn Beck saying he wants to get rid of corruption before we debate healthcare is a nifty way of saying he doesn’t want any healthcare debate, period.
Posted by: kolspur | Sep 11, 2009 3:12:49 PM
Considering all of the corruption subjects he’s covered on both sides of the aisle, including the recent expose of Van Jones, I would say it’s Beck’s way of saying we shouldn’t be debating HC or anything else until we get rid of all the corruption.

But heck, for a guy who just signed a $50 million radio contract and a $3 million book deal, I’m guessing being able to afford healthcare isn’t a big deal.
Posted by: kolspur | Sep 11, 2009 3:12:49 PM
He’ll need a lot of that to cover the IRS audits he’ll be undergoing until he dies. But hey – I’m sure you know best.

“John Stossel Departs ABC News for Fox”
Good for him. I like Stossel, but haven’t seen him in quite some time as I don’t tune in to ABC.

Guess what? Prior to 1/21/09 I checked ABC/CBS/NBC/MSNBC/CNN for 8 years and didn’t find anything that portrayed Bush 43 in a positive light.
Hmmm. That’s interesting, given that GW chose to give his exit interview to Charlie Gibson on ABC News. Do you do any research at all before you write something? And no, Fox News’ job is not to “fluff up” the president’s ego. It’s to be fair and balanced, but it doesn’t look like they’re doing too well at either.

tjp 612,,,,,,,welcome to the world.

The Van Jones case was not a case of corruption, Posted by: kolspur | Sep 11, 2009 3:25:40 PM
You are right. I misrepresented Beck’s exposure of the self-described “bridge builder, catalyst, and evangelist” who in February 2008, “launched Green for All, a national advocacy organization whose goal is to procure $1 billion in federal funding by 2012 for green-collar programs, and lift as many as 250,000 Americans out of poverty.” (What could go wrong?) My bad.

kolspur……..what are those “major news shows” to which you refer….20/20?
Katie Couric? Give me 5 and maybe you can indoctrinate me into the Obama cult. Until then, see you in Chicago.

Where are the stories about corrupt Acorn

…and don’t forget, folks, Acorn is getting big bucks to help our dumb census civil servants “get it right.” What a joke.

Gibbs, “I tend not to question law enforcement trying to keep the nation safe.”
What level of narcissistic arrogance is this? Gibbs is just a mouthpiece and isn’t in charge of anything!

Ed Taylor | Sep 11, 2009 4:00:45 PM
….And what of the Cambridge police? What does he say about the CIA?

“All our lives we have had nothing but a white man as President. Now, it goes to see, that our “True Colors” are coming out and all we want is our America back.”
Here we go again…upside is there were 173 comments posted before race card first pulled…that’s progress I suppose…
I thought things were supposed to be different under this “post-race” / “post-partisan” president?

Our military conducts training missions everyday. They were doing what they were told to do. Obviously the higher ranks should have told other agencies of their training though. We will always remember those who were lost.

It’s just like some of the press to hop on any inkling of an incident to make a huge story for themselves. Shame on them!

how could the white house have hired a guy who was an admited communist ??.did they just look at him and not into his background or the lousy things he had said or the hate groups he helped organize. what is going on up there.

If the Coast Guard was doing anything inappropriate, pox on them. But this Gibbs clown is a fool, and he has to go. “I tend not to question law enforcement trying to keep the nation safe.” The Coast Guard is MILITARY, Gibbs! Now crawl back into that hole you came from.

I am sure this is Bush’s fault too. Still I am more concerned about the destruction to this country that is taking place within the administration, than any that any terrorists could render.

As an independent I just have to shake my head at how the right and left can’t get along. I agree with the comments made by Inthebubble.
Let us remember and pay tribute to the victims of 9/11.

Flash;The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of seven uniformed services.

During peacetime the Coast Guard reports the the Department of Homeland Security, only during wartime do they report to the Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Navy. They currently report to DHS and are considered a law enforcement agency conducting homeland defense and interdiction missions.

Coast Guard comes under the Department of Transportation during peacetime ( like right now ) and under the Department of the Navy during wartime. They can also be conscripted to the DEA and FBI for LEO ( Law Enforment Operations ) like drug interdiction in the Gulf. I am sure that no shots were fired. I was a Navy diver for 8 years and did several ops with the Coasties itercepting drug runners and escorting them to Gitmo. They are pretty strict on protocol and would have had to notify half a dozen agenciess if actual shots were fired.

The USCG currently ‘operates’ under the authority of Homeland Security, but it can be transfered to the Department of the Navy by the president or the Congress in case of war. It is a uniformed branch of the armed services. Not civilian. I guess it’s a fine point.

Gibbs said, “I tend not to question law enforcement trying to keep the nation safe.”
That is unless they were under command of the Bush Administration.
I have no love for Bush either. I just find hypocrisy of the current administration amusing.

duke says: “During peacetime the Coast Guard reports the the Department of Homeland Security, only during wartime do they report to the Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Navy.”
Aren’t we at war right now? I am not asking to be critical of your statement, and they may not have had command transferred to the DOD, if anyone knows for sure that’d be cool to know. I still go back to my first question, aren’t we at war at this moment, and thus they could be under the command of the DOD?

And the comparison to the AF One photo-op is moronic and ignorant. Training for incident and flying a plane for picture are two vastly different things.

Maxwells, every news report I see says he laid ONE wreath at the pentagon, and there were 184 people that died there, not 125.

Who cares if the silly Washingtonians were scared, they aren’t doing the fighting.

The whitehouse and Gibbs reacted as expected. They immediately got up and blamed someone else. Do you think they will ever admit they were wrong?

CNN
What else needs to be said

Frankly, I think it´s a positive sign that the Coast Guard does regular training sessions, although the hour and the place on September 11 were not the most felicitous of choices. However, the news media should have gotten the story straight before alarming everyone. And a grammarian note to the Military Families: it should be “whoever commissioned”, and not “whomever.”

Hey all, Hope you enjoying the internet, Obma wants power to shut it down, and I think he got it, along with trying to take guns out of non criminal hands, along with our health care, our money, our cars, our electricity. Does anyone here get it? Say so please!

Its G.W.Bush’s fault

For those questioning the Coast Guard’s choice, remove your heads from your rears. Who are you to question exercises? Would you prefer they were wallowing in distracted thought while executing their duties? Good on them for keeping their folks focused and on mission. This IS about the national security…this is not disrespectful to the victims of 9/11. If anything it honors them…our folks are still out here executing the mission, not wallowing in a “woe is me” attitude. CNN can go pack sand, serves ‘em right for not verifying before reporting…tools.

With the way CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC etc have everyone frothing over imaginary armed racists, I’m surprised it was only CNN that said the sky was falling.

Yes, 9/11 is a day of mourning, but it is also just another day on the calendar, Life, and the world, go on…….

This might have been smart for other reasons – if the terrorists had been sizing the situation up for a possible attack (say for the 9/11 observances next year, thinking we’d be taking a break from being diligent) thay’d drop any thought after seeing armed forces ready even then. The bad guys not only don’t care what we consider special times for rememberance or for standing down, but they are probably
LOOKING for them

Wasn’t a Democrat that said ” The only thing to fear is fear itself”?
It has gotten so bad in D.C. they have completely lost their way!
CNN should be exposed as the fraudulent and sensationalist morons they are.
Whatever happened to the good straight repoerting we used to get from A.P. and U.P.I.?

The media blew something out of proportion?? NO WAY!!

Instead of panicking NYers again with another Air Force One buzzing of Manhattan for a photo-op, the Obama White House decided this time to panic the DC area with this 9-11 stunt. At least Obama’s spreading his stupid around geographically!

The reason the media made this top news was to find a priority news event to rationalize not reporting the damming sting video of their favorite Community Organizer in Chief’s favorite community organization, past employer and Marxist Community Organizer Saul Alinsky’s creation ACRON. ACORN was exposed in video stings on more than one occasion for aiding and abetting a couple to set up a brothel and get one of those subprime loans that caused the financial meltdown. Both used the same method to procure loans and assist in business taxes. Last I heard CNN still had not covered ACRON’s atrocious felonious proclivity but now the CG will surely be told to keep a low profile, not practice with simulated rounds but yell bang, bang(but not loudly), and respond with real ammo only when a real threat occurs. Just too unnerving for the civvies to understand without getting their shorts in a wad that such activities are necessary training.

Response to Joe
The Coast Guard can only be transferred under Executive Order. I believe the last time this was done was WW2.
kiki

And the “legitimate media” calls the internet bloggers an unfiltered “sewer”.
What the hell do you call CNN, “Shots fired on the potomac” the sky is falling journalism, no verification just plain
inquirer type reporting. What hypocrits!

No wonder we listen to talk radio, that’s the only bastion of truth left. Three cheers for Rush, Glenn, Hannity and Levin to mention only a few. Liberals and your liberal media….get stuffed.

blah… blah… blah…
I support the USCG!

Gibbs is a Republican mole charged with the job of making Obama seem repugnant to the general population. (…from an anonymous CIA source)

I will never watch CNN again. I am really sick of the media’s rush to report anything, right or wrong. The majority of the American people are uninformed and make the mistake of listening to so called “news reports”.
Only on BBC, NPR or public television can you find out what is going on in the world

And CNN wonders why it’s losing share? Total morons.

Well just hold your horses here a bit.
The “Sand-crabs” or Coasties obviously chose the wrong day to have an exercise….
The local police may or may not have actually known that there was to be a scenario. However, if they were aware of it then it should be announced on their channels as to it’s true nature.
But I must concur with the other posting that all Coastie communications absolutely should be encrypted since our adversaries shall certainly be listening in… and reacting according to how the Coasties plan their ops and deploy their assets. And as a consequence the bad guys shall know how to take counter-measures.
Jeez… the Coasties are potentially better off using a cell phone than the open airwaves, for Cripe’s sake…

Since when does the White House “tend not to question law enforcement trying to keep the nation safe?” What a joke.

Please note how Gibbs almost apologized for CNN himself. If that had been FOX he would have been running around saying, “We’ve got to get these incompetents off the air. The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” But CNN is excused unequivacably. CNN is without a doubt in the top ten of our enemies and Gibbs is in bed with them. (along with the present administration)

Listen people, If you think that the Coast Guard/Military is going to notify the president everytime they conduct a training event, your out of your mind. If that happened then about two hours of everyday would be spent wasting the POTUS’s time, NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!Stop worrying about this stupid crap and start asking yourself, Why is the United States Government so Big? Why are they telling me how to live? Why are they continuing to spend money when we are in debt up to our eyeballs?

I heard this on the radio yesterday on the way up from VA. I was so annoyed at the media for jumping to conclusions and blame. I was listening to Studio B on FOX and heard Sheppard Smith make a stupid comment that, the Coast Guard was stupid for training on a day like September 11th. I am active a duty Guardian and can tell you we train 24/7… 365 days a year… day… night…. weekends… and all holidays! When most civilians are sleeping or enjoying their day off or holiday, we are training! Why!!! So there will never be another September 11th.
As for the communications question… I will say that the Coast Guard used a Coast Guard Frequency. When we conduct drills we will start the transmission with, “This is a drill… this is a drill”, and end the transmission with, “This is a drill”. The problem here was that the transmission was picked up on a scanner by an over anxious reporter trying to get his or her big story to the main stream media and jumped the gun. We do not use encryption for training. There are reasons for this and I cannot get into them.
People question what we do and how we do it… This is a free country because of the men and women of the Armed Forces who have provided you with that freedom with our very sweat, blood and sacrifice… of course you can ask. All we ask is for people to give us the benefit of the doubt and enjoy the freedoms we provide.
I was happy to hear Robber Gibbs defend the Coast Guard.
V/r

This is yet the latest example of the disinformation, that would be lies for you people on the west coast, to spew from the various partisan leftwing biased talking heads masquerading as news reporters. If I need the facts without the bs I go to reliable online news sites, Drudge or WND among many others. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, and all the other usual sorry news outlets need laugh tracks to go with their reporting.

Doesn’t this administration get tired of always “blaming” someone. Obama has to realize he is not campaigning to be president – - he is the president. He needs to act presidential and stop trying to always “blame” someone. If Gibbs didn’t know what was going on then admit it. Don’t blame it on the press, or Bush, or those ignorant old voters, … etc

I was happy to hear Robert Gibbs defend the Coast Guard. They can’t possibly be expected to notify everyone each time there is a drill. The media needs to check out the facts before reporting, that is their responsiblity.

Wow. What a SHOCK. CNN got it WRONG. That never happens. Now they’re OUTRAGED that the Coast Guard would have a Training Exercise on 911. Why wouldn’t they? What’s the big deal? It’s just a ‘Day of Service’. Remember? The Left wanted to CHANGE the emphasis, from a MILITARY footing – Where they have NO CREDABILITY- to a day of picking up garbage on the side of the highway. Where, with their overflowing expertise in being in JAIL, and doing COMMUNITY SERVICE, makes this a HUGE WINNER for them. Remember? Idiots.

Delores said “Only on BBC, NPR or public television can you find out what is going on in the world”
The three sources you mention can hardly be called unbiased. The “news” those outlets report is so biased to the far left(politically aligned with social authoritarian anarchism) as to make ABC look almost mainstream and unbiased, which it no longer is … but which it has some hope of becoming again.
CNN are amateurs these days. ABC at lest has a history, in the past, of doing serious journalism and an opportunity to return to that. PBS, NPR and BBC are just a group of otherwise unemployable ideologues broadcasting limited ideas to a limited audience of those that can be characterised as uncaring, snobbish intellectuals and poverty stricken government dependents.
Nobody wants to know about how much fossil fuel might have been utilized by the Coast Gaurd during their training to keep our nation safe… or how the money could have been used to protect the gnarblang beetle from extinction… (PBS, BBC, NPR] Likewise, nobody wants a fake attack reported [CNN, Fox]. Nobody wants to know that the president had nothing to do with it and isn’t responsible for anything that goes on- case closed [ABC, CBS]. I guess the world wants to know that Bill O’Reilly is a mean guy [NBC].
Best example: Look today at who is reporting on the ACORN issue with the videos and the Census and who is not!
Bring back true investigative journalism that is critical, hard hitting, honest, unbiased, and does real journalism rather than repeat the government press releases.

Gibbs is just a loud-mouth giggling propaganda punk! For him to be lecturing anybody–when he is a spokesperson for the biggest bunch of frauds in American history–is a joke!

Timothy L. Pennell Said: “…Now they’re OUTRAGED that the Coast Guard would have a Training Exercise on 911… The Left wanted to CHANGE the emphasis, from a MILITARY footing – Where they have NO CREDABILITY…”
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LOL…. perfect example of the “Clueless Right”…
(A) Did you even read the article?
(B) The President had no problem with the Coast Guard conducting this exercise on the day of training, so it wasn’t “the left” that was complaining about the training occurring on this memorial day… as you state.
(C) The complaints came from “Military Families United”… most military families are conservative right, although that has changed over the past 8 years due to Bush/Cheny over extending our military in 1 war that wasn’t legitimate (Iraq!).

andre Said: “I could care less what Jake Tapper has to say. He works for ABC News which is very liberal.”
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LOL …. “but yet, I keep coming back to ABC News (i.e., posting on their blogs)”… I can only guess, because Fox News doesn’t tell you the “whole story?
Wow… to complain about liberal media, yet you’re on their website… pretty hypocritical don’t you think?

Not sure I understand why the White House had to comment on the issue–but I’m glad they defended the Coast Guard anyway. It’s ridiculous to expect them to not train on September 11th when they train all other days of the year. I’m pretty sure the families that were mourning at the event didn’t even notice that anything was going on in the river (people along the bridge definitely didn’t)–it was all the media’s fault for jumping the gun on this one. Probably the fault of one little reporter, then the fault of a media outlet, and the faults of other media outlets picking up the story–and no one ever decided to thoroughly check the facts.
This incidence really isn’t a political issue, so please stop making it one.

georgiaurbanite Said: “This smells of Obama. I suspect he was fully aware of what was going on and used this “9/11 disturbance” for some ulterior motive. Shame on him.”
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LOL …. another “Clueless Right-Whiner”.
Do you REALLLLLLLY think that the President is briefed on every little exercise that the military and DHD (Department of Homeland Defense) are executing on a daily basis? Do you have any idea how many of these exercises are going on around the world every day?
Where do these brainless comments come from?

Actually, I think the Coast Guard might be the ones at fault here. They staged what could be mistaken for a thwarted attack, in a very visible location, on the one day and within one mile of an horrific attack, when everyone’s nerves are already on edge. Why did they pick that day, and that location? Why didn’t they give a heads-up to the local cops? It seems like a decision made by someone filled with contempt and spite – and that’s just how their spokesman on TV appeared to be. I wonder if this is the tip of the iceberg (sorry) regarding their attitudes towards the President and the public, and thus possibly their performance. Not a comforting feeling.

watching this BO Administration is like watching the Keystone Cops.

Kim – you raise good points. If the usual authorities were indeed notified of the drill, and CNN failed to check with said authorities, then it would indeed be CNN’s fault.
I don’t think a “security zone” counts if the event can be seen by the public from a bridge.
No one is questioning the Coast Guard’s patriotism or virtue, or the correctness of practice. Its the decision of ONE commander to choose THAT location at THAT time that is being questioned. There is a worry that this might be an officer making decisions based on hate and contempt for the public. I hope this turns out to not be the case, because we’re all fans of the Coast Guard up here.

The Coast Guard conducts these training exercises 3 or 4 times a week and always notifies the same authorities, which evidently doesn’t include the local cops, the FBI, or the YMCA. What better time to hold such an exercise than under conditions that most closely approach reality — the president crossing the bridge, etc.
CNN claims that it called a representative of the USCG — twice — for information and was told each time that the representative knew nothing about an exercise. Assuming the claim is true, one has to suspect that they called the wrong representative. (Who’d they call; the local recruiting office?) If they’d pushed a bit, they’d have found someone able to give them the dope about this routine drill. And, if CNN didn’t get a statement that this was a drill, they most CERTAINLY didn’t get a statement that a real attack was underway.
But the media are not what they were a generation ago. The search is now on, not for accuracy, but for sensationalized, scary, tabloid headlines. Now, even the fact that they were WRONG has become news and some are defending CNN et al, which is good for ratings.