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Sean Penn praised for Katrina rescue efforts
By WENN
Sep 9, 2005, 14:50 GMT
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has been hailed as an "American hero" after his brave rescue efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Mystic River star was ridiculed when an Australian journalist reported he had forgotten to fix a hole in his boat, which supposedly started sinking as he scooped water out of it with a plastic cup.
But presidential historian and eyewitness Douglas Brinkley insists the claims are completely false, as big-hearted Penn valiantly saved up to 40 survivors.
Brinkley, who is chronicling the city's recovery from the disaster, tells the New York Daily News, "There was never a leak. The boat was overloaded with people. It got some water in it, as boats usually do.
"I witnessed him rescuing up to 40 people. He was up to his waist in toxic muck.
"I'm not going to comment on Sean's trips to Iraq or Iran, but in this case, he was an American hero."
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Sean Penn comes to the rescue of Katrina victims
Tuesday, 06 September , 2005, 14:59
New York: Hollywood actor Sean Penn took matters into his own hands by launching a boat in a personal effort to rescue families stranded in New Orleans.
According to The New York Daily News, the Oscar-winning actor and political activist managed to reach several people who had been trapped in their homes since Hurricane Katrina hit on Monday.
Penn, who was accompanied by his personal photographer and a crew of helpers, brought the victims to dry land - and gave them cash as well.
Johnnie Brown, 73, a retired custodian, called his sister on a cell phone after being plucked from his flooded house. "Guess who come and got me out of the house? Sean Penn the actor. Them boys were really nice," he said.
Penn later accompanied a few of them to a hospital.
Asked what he was doing in the disaster zone, Penn said, "Whatever I can do to help."
"There's a lot of people out there," Penn said. "There's bodies everywhere. We could only do so many houses."
We've got confirmed reports of Penn helping people in his own boat, giving them money and taking them to medical facilities. But he's also critical of Bush's Iraq policies. So how does Fox go about 'damage control' re Penn's criticisms? Sean Hannity does a show and appoints Sean Penn as an "Enemy of the State". That's the title of the show and Penn is castrated by Hannity. No factual stuff, just mindless drivel where Penn is even called 'a bad actor' (nominated for 25 'best actor' awards and he's a bad actor....LOL). It was simply a character assasination by the Fox assault team.
Think about that: guy puts himself in harm's way, helps Katrina victims and is subsequently labeled 'an enemy of the state' by the propaganda arm of a political party. If this was a made for tv show, it wouldn't be believable. Nobody would believe the premise.
And if there's a true left leaning tv network, why hasn't Bush's rumored homosexuality been brought up? Jed's ex-wife has spoken about it. The church GW was steered to after he'd bottomed out on drugs and alcohol was a church that was noted for flipping its' gay church goers to christ and heterosexuality. And during GW's cheerleading days at Yale, he made 'friendships' where he's been called a 'considerate lover' by other gays. You've got these stories all coming from different people and sources and NOBODY puts a word on tv. Why? If there was a propoganda arm of the left, there'd have been political ads like 'it's 10 pm. do you know where your kids are? And who's ball sack is slamming GW's chin tonight?' Hell, they wouldn't have had to actually accuse him of anything, just mention how the stories keep appearing. One mention of it from any of the networks and there wouldn't have been a need for an election count. It would have been unanimous.
Could you imagine what Hannity and the Fox propaganda team would say if this was an opponent? Big difference between having a left or right 'lean' and being a propaganda arm of a party.
Sounds like you have the same obsession with Fox that i do. A god dam retard should be able to see it.
NO. The difficult part is 'layers'.....sort of like onions. Parts of the Fox broadcast can be quite entertaining while just having a mild right wing lean. Others can cut to the core of the onion with no facts and just sheer hatred and propaganda. It's often hard to tell where one layer starts and the other one begins. They're often all over the board.
Kosar mentioned a newscaster that conducted a very heartfelt telecast re the Katrina ordeal. It was a great job by a very compassionate man. Great telecast. And then there's Hannity and Hume.....and I want to puke. It's almost like you have to analyze what they say from a far or get sucked in by their spin on lots of issues. It's a dangerous network that has an agenda, and they certainly do.
I guess i just watched it at the wrong times. I see the Hannity's and Oreilly's spew there bullshit and then i take a look at it on Sundays and its a group of guys with the same old tired shit. This Fred Barnes character is almost as bad as Hannity. I don't know what is more disturbing what they say or the people who fall for it. Just watching the Republican debate and they talk about nothing but terror ought to tell people something. Then this con man Rudy starts pounding his chest and a bunch of nitwits in the crowd roar with approval while im getting sick to my stomach. This group of clueless nitwits are roaring for a complete line of bullshit of fear while not realizing why we have this fear.:shrug: Greta is okay tho if you want to watch silly shit. The best tho is having the weak nasty looking Liberal Combs go up against a good looking fake conservative Hannity. where did they ever find Combs?
NO. The difficult part is 'layers'.....sort of like onions. Parts of the Fox broadcast can be quite entertaining while just having a mild right wing lean. Others can cut to the core of the onion with no facts and just sheer hatred and propaganda. It's often hard to tell where one layer starts and the other one begins. They're often all over the board.
Kosar mentioned a newscaster that conducted a very heartfelt telecast re the Katrina ordeal. It was a great job by a very compassionate man. Great telecast. And then there's Hannity and Hume.....and I want to puke. It's almost like you have to analyze what they say from a far or get sucked in by their spin on lots of issues. It's a dangerous network that has an agenda, and they certainly do.
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