Terrorism

The Ignorant Lies of the Far-right Media

The wingnut media is attacking the new FEMA emergency alert system.

Following the announcement of a new national emergency alert system that will alert the public to significant emergencies via mobile phone messages, right-wing media have attacked the plan, claiming that it will allow “Dear Leader Obama To Send You Text Messages.” But the plan was implemented as a result of legislation introduced by GOP Sen. Jim DeMint that was overwhelmingly passed by Congress in 2006 and accompanied by an executive order signed by President Bush.

They're either aware of this and don't care (after all, their listeners will never ever ever look it up), or they're just really, really slow. To wit: