White House Buries Controversial News Under Hurricane Harvey Watch (military, county, administration)

[i_love_autumn]

In the span of three hours, as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward landfall in Texas last night, the White House dropped three controversial stories — taking the classic tactic of burying news on a Friday night to new heights.


As the nation watched and worried about one of the strongest hurricanes to strike the U.S. in more than a decade, the White House announced a ban on new transgender recruits in the military and the pardon of convicted Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio. At the same time, news leaked that a contentious far-right aide to the president, Sebastian Gorka, has left his job. Word of a North Korean missile launch added to the sense of drama. Some hours earlier, the administration had unveiled more sanctions against Venezuela.
White House Buries Controversial News Under Hurricane Harvey Watch


Awwww prolly crybaby Trump just couldn't stand Hurricane Harvey getting more coverage than himself!

[ndcairngorm]

This is a tactic used in the past many times: while the populace is concerned about something tremendous in the news, slip in a few things that hopefully will not get coverage.

[Colorado Rambler]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

In the span of three hours, as Hurricane Harvey barreled toward landfall in Texas last night, the White House dropped three controversial stories — taking the classic tactic of burying news on a Friday night to new heights.


As the nation watched and worried about one of the strongest hurricanes to strike the U.S. in more than a decade, the White House announced a ban on new transgender recruits in the military and the pardon of convicted Arizona county sheriff Joe Arpaio. At the same time, news leaked that a contentious far-right aide to the president, Sebastian Gorka, has left his job. Word of a North Korean missile launch added to the sense of drama. Some hours earlier, the administration had unveiled more sanctions against Venezuela.
White House Buries Controversial News Under Hurricane Harvey Watch


Awwww prolly crybaby Trump just couldn't stand Hurricane Harvey getting more coverage than himself!

No doubt about it. The announcement of sanctions against Venezuela with the exception of largely Russian owned Citgo was another news item that got buried yesterday. Someone on the Trump team is too clever by half.

I posted about this in another thread:

War in Venezuela?