The Actions of F.E.M.A.

With close to a million people being evacuated from their homes due to the raging wildfires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.) scheduled a press conference. When the time came, Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson, the agency’s deputy director began the debriefing.

Now when watching you would think that you were viewing a regular press conference. One problem- there weren’t any reporters. Instead F.E.M.A had agency staffers pose as journalists. The staged briefing became noticeable when F.E.M.A. began praising itself.

Now just how big of an issue is this for the average concerned American? Well F.E.M.A. apologizes and states its intentions were just to relay information to the public. So this really shouldn’t be a problem right? But one would call this move inexcusable and unacceptable. What would happen if the White House placed its own people in press conferences? They would have a stronger hand (then they already do) on the type of information released to the public. But I’m not suggesting that everyone start turning their eyes over to the White House. In their defense they weren’t exactly pleased with the actions of F.E.M.A.