Representatives of the Ministry of defense and the Federal service for emergencies (FEMA) accidentally included a reporter for Bloomberg, Christopher Flavelle, mailing list, internal email correspondence. Among the letters received by the journalist dealing with climate change, were those in which was discussed the question of how to cover the topic of Puerto Rico in the media.
Says Flavel, he repeatedly warned officials of the Agency about the error, but continued to receive letters within 5 days.
«Messages, all without marked «confidential», described how to represent the actions of Federal agencies to convince the public that liquidation of consequences of hurricane in Puerto Rico runs smoothly» — the words Flavelle The Hills.
The journalist shared some of the letters. Basically the theme of the messages sent in the period from 28 September to 2 October, dealt with the disagreements between the President trump and Carmen Yulin Cruz, mayor of San Juan, in the reconstruction of the island after hurricane Maria.
«September 29: the mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulin Cruz criticized Washington, saying that people in Puerto Rico to die,» reads one passage. «The message of the government: FEMA ignored Cruz, giving officials the order to say that «the Federal service is fully concentrated on the struggle with the consequences of Mary.»
In the following excerpt from the October 2, discussed the government’s concern about the negative tone of the lighting situation in Puerto Rico in the media.
«2 October: the Message of the government: Shooting (Las Vegas) has distracted media attention from the problems of Puerto Rico,» writes FEMA. «However, the news coverage diminished optimism. The tonality of the negative.»
Recall that a powerful hurricane hit Puerto Rico three weeks ago, and most of the island still remains without electricity. Government of Puerto Rico has repeatedly signaled the plight, and the Federal service and Donald trump, in turn, said that make every effort.
Recently the President of trump noted that the authorities of Puerto Rico would take on more responsibility in the aftermath of Mary.
