Gone Fishing - The Bushes in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina
Netlore Archive: Emailed photo purports to show President Bush and his father nonchalantly fishing in the flooded streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Description: Photo hoax / Joke
Circulating since: Sep 2005
Status: Fake
Email example contributed by Julie D., 10 September 2005:
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Subject: Some people find good in EVERYTHING!!!!  Click to Enlarge |
Comments: No, President Bush and his father, ex-President Bush, did not go fishing in the streets of New Orleans as locals left homeless by Hurricane Katrina waded through waist-deep water nearby. This image was fabricated from two different news photos, one old and one new, to create a visual joke lampooning what critics have characterized as Bush's "What, me worry?" attitude about the disaster.
The original photo (site reg. req'd) of Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. on a fishing trip was taken off the coast of Kennebunkport, Maine by Associated Press photographer Steven Senne on Saturday, June 14, 2003.
Sources and further reading:
Father's Day Highlights Close Ties in the Bush Family
(Site reg. req'd) Associated Press, 15 June 2003The Roots of Bush's 'Compassion'
The Nation (via CBS News), 6 September 2005Hurricane Katrina Full Coverage
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Last updated: 09/10/05
