Topic: Events
Add this:
Reuters story on CNN Money: "President Bush issued an executive order Thursday allowing federal contractors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the prevailing wage." (full story here, link via TINO and Barista*)
To this:
Reuters story on CNN proper: "Companies with ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA are clinching some of the administration's first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." (full story here, link via Talking Points Memo)
And, at least to me, you get one hell of an illustration of crony capitalism at work.
What I'm curious about is, does CNN's left hand not know what the right is doing? I was rather expecting to see a "related stories" link between the two on the site, but there's no direct link from one story to the other.
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*I'm starting to feel a bit like blogstalker where Barista is concerned, but I can't speak highly enough of his posts on New Orleans and the hurricane. He has an eye for compelling images and moving stories.