Fire Everyone in FEMA Press Office
Total, complete PR amateurs. Embarrassing, regardless of which side of the political aisle you're on.
Just what WAS the purpose of the news conference? (I still don't know.) What vital info did FEMA have that had to be disseminated on 15-minutes notice?
Answers: You don't call a news conference on 15-minutes notice, unless you have some real news to announce. You don't plant press staff in the audience to ask questions. You don't call a news conference and then allow phone-connected reporters only to listen in without asking questions. A news release (at most) would have sufficed.
Forget the "reprimands," "new procedures," and the like. Effective and ethical media relations is achieved through facts and transparency, not spin and manipulation.
This stunt is a firing offense, for every FEMA staffer who participated in this charade.
UPDATE: A big "thank you!" to Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters for the link.
Just what WAS the purpose of the news conference? (I still don't know.) What vital info did FEMA have that had to be disseminated on 15-minutes notice?
Answers: You don't call a news conference on 15-minutes notice, unless you have some real news to announce. You don't plant press staff in the audience to ask questions. You don't call a news conference and then allow phone-connected reporters only to listen in without asking questions. A news release (at most) would have sufficed.
Forget the "reprimands," "new procedures," and the like. Effective and ethical media relations is achieved through facts and transparency, not spin and manipulation.
This stunt is a firing offense, for every FEMA staffer who participated in this charade.
UPDATE: A big "thank you!" to Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters for the link.
posted by Roger at 12:07 PM
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