A Memphis congressman is blasting a television "expose" by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura that suggests the federal government is planning to house "ordinary citizens" in concentration camps.
Bart Sullivan of The Commercial Appeal of Memphis writes today that Ventura aired the allegations on his "Conspiracy Theory" show on the truTV network on Nov. 12. The episode his since gone viral on YouTube and across the Internet.
The segment includes parts of Ventura's interview with U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., co-sponsor of a bill that would create FEMA camps for people temporarily displaced by hurricanes or other natural disasters. In an op-ed Tuesday in the Washington newspaper Roll Call, Cohen writes that, "when the media purposely distort the facts to create confusion and mislead people, they must be held accountable. Unless we actively debunk false and misleading reports, we risk leaving the public with a dangerously skewed vision of this country."
