EPA attacks reporter in personal terms
By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM
09/03/2017 05:52 PM EDT
... Trump’s habit of singling out reporters for attacks is being adopted by his federal agencies ...
"Yesterday, the Associated Press’ Michael Biesecker wrote an incredibly misleading story about toxic land sites that are under water," the statement began. "Despite reporting from the comfort of Washington, Biesecker had the audacity to imply that agencies aren’t being responsive to the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey. Not only is this inaccurate, but it creates panic and politicizes the hard work of first responders who are actually in the affected area" ...
The bulk of Sunday’s EPA statement — .. no longer accessible on the EPA's site later in the day — was unsigned. It did, however, include one portion attributable to associate administrator Liz Bowman.
"Once again, in an attempt to mislead Americans, the Associated Press is cherry-picking facts, as EPA is monitoring Superfund sites around Houston and we have a team of experts on the ground working with our state and local counterparts responding to Hurricane Harvey," Bowman’s statement said. "Anything to the contrary is yellow journalism."
The statement did not point to any specific factual inaccuracies in Saturday’s story ...
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/03/trump-epa-reporter-attacked-hurricane-242300
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a government-organized attack on the fourth estate.
I'm sure we can trust that the government will always be truthful and never withhold any meaningful information, right?
