Reuters - Bush: Media had more details on Katrina than gov't

Reuters AlertNet - Bush: Media had more details on Katrina than gov't: "28 Feb 2006 21:38:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, who has acknowledged failings in the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, said on Tuesday that the media had better details about the catastrophe than the government did.

'There was no situational awareness, and that means that we weren't getting good, solid information from people who were on the ground, and we need to do a better job,' Bush told ABC News in excerpts of an interview to be aired on Tuesday evening.

'In many cases we were relying upon the media,' he said. 'And when you have the media have better situational awareness than the government, the American people are saying, 'Wait a minute. What is happening?''"