Anyone see MSNBC reporter and Imus discussing Bush's backpack and

[KoKo]

an Anthrax attack that took place in the MSNBC studios the week after 9/11?

MSNBC reporters said the the person still works at MSNBC but has to constantly see doctors because of her illness left over from the Anthrax letter that was sent to her. All her furniture had to be removed from her apartment and discarded because the whole place was contaminated. And, she's nervous because after five years no one has caught the person who sent it.

Does anyone remember anyone from MSNBC getting an anthrax letter? This was new news to me. What bothered me was that they seemed to be laughing and joking about Bush's backpack during the debate with Kerry and almost joking about the anthrax. Like it was their own little private club there with "insider jokes."

This Media is really OTT getting to full of itself and it's control and insider jokes to be using our airwaves. Time to take it back.

[Virginia Dare]

1. I believe she was an assistant to Tom Brokaw...

at the time, maybe she works for MSNBC now?

:shrug:

[deminks]

2. Yes, he took time during a newscast to talk about it.

In September 2001, a letter containing anthrax was addressed to him as part of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Brokaw wasn't harmed, but two NBC News employees were infected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brokaw

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14785359/

My anthrax survivor's story

NEW YORK - Every September, like many, I feel sick and frightened around the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. But it was the weeks following September 11th that would forever change my life. During that time, I was the victim of terrorism when I opened a letter containing a lethal amount of anthrax.

You may remember hearing about Tom Brokaw’s assistant who got sick after coming in contact with a letter containing a deadly amount of anthrax. I was the person who first opened that letter, before Tom's assistant became sick. You have not heard my story.

Around September 18, 2001, I headed to work as a desk assistant at ‘NBC Nightly News.’ One of my jobs was opening Mr. Brokaw’s mail. There was one letter that looked as if it were written by a child. Something seemed unusual. I’d never seen a letter containing a granular substance. I mentioned the strange letter to my friends.

Nothing happened for about 10 days. Then one Friday night my throat began to swell up. A cold, I thought. But it worsened over the weekend. My glands were soon enormous. Monday morning came and my face was barely recognizable. I went to the doctor, who said it was a reaction to my Accutane medication, and I should rest in bed. For the next few days, I felt like an awful virus was running through me.

A few days later, I went back to work, but I still felt a bit off. My glands were still swollen. A week or so after I was sick, Mr. Brokaw’s assistant became sick. Both of our symptoms were unusual. Authorities became involved. When Bob Stevens died at the American Media Building in Florida at the end of September, the pieces slowly began to come together.

[KoKo]

3. Thanks for the article and links. It was NBC not MSNBC...and I

don't watch Browkaw so didn't remember that connection. I guess that might explain some of the "fear" aside from the GE Lockdown on Dems. Nothing like having two employees Anthraxed and the perpetrator not found to cause some Fear. Amazing that there's been NO PRESSURE from GE on the Administration to do something about this. But, maybe they actually DO KNOW who did it ...and it's not someone any one want's to talk about.

[chelsea0011]

4. Homeland Security/FBI still can't figure out who did this and they

are almost certain where the strain came from. Why am I not surprised?

[rocktivity]

5. I remember reading a story where Bush said the strain was from Iraq

and that Saddam was behind it. I also remember wondering what in the world Saddam had to do with 9/11!

:eyes:
rocknation

[drbtg1]

6. At the time, it was folks in the media and Democratic politicians who...

...wait a second.

Folks in the media and Democratic politicians got it.

And they still didn't "catch" the terrorist.

Let me dust off my tin hat once again.