HoRAY! S.African Mail&Guardian story-Bush fake photo op hugging sisters [View All]

[HamdenRice]

We've made news!

http://www.mg.co.za/

This is a little weird. Briefly the page one story on the electronic edition of this leading South African was the Bassier sisters, with the clever headline: "Have You Hugged a South African Today?"

Then it disappeared. But if you go to the MG page, click under the lead story, "the week in pictures". Then click on picture 2, and you will see bush hugging the Bassier sisters, with this caption:

"Have you hugged a South African today?: US President George Bush tries to comfort Bronwynne Bassier (23) and her sister Kim Bassier (21), left, during a tour of the area that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, last Friday. In a CNN video clip of Bush’s visit, the traumatised sisters are heard telling the president in unmistakable South African accents how the hurricane shattered their lives. There has been speculation in the blogging community over whether the sisters are indeed from South Africa. The Mail & Guardian Online is in the process of confirming their true nationality. (Susan Walsh, AP)"

Sorry to start a new thread, but I was just toooooo excited!

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