Pet peeves: WaPo doesn’t name the top NOAA official who sent the email or explain why they can’t; they just shift gears into the passive voice. They also don’t provide a link to a copy of the email they said they obtained.
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The Washington Post has obtained emails from a top NOAA official repeatedly admonishing the agency’s scientists and staff not to correct the inaccurate hurricane forecast information coming from President Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/noaa-staff-warned-in-sept-1-directive-against-contradicting-trump/2019/09/07/12a52d1a-d18f-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html …
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Would be interesting to know for sure.https://twitter.com/boloboffin/status/1170507126701252610?s=21 …
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Here’s NOAA’s leadership page. Someone with the title of “Senior Policy Advisor” is at the top. Barry Myers—the Accuweather CEO who has been nominated to be director but it seems has never gotten a vote on the Senate floor—isn’t on it. https://www.noaa.gov/topic-tags/noaa-leadership …
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Okay so this other guy (who’s also linked to a private competitor of NOAA) is in charge of NOAA rn, solving the mysteries of the agency’s leadership page. Maybe he sent the email WaPo obtained? Would be interesting to know.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00702-z …
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Not just the WaPo, the Capital Weather Gang!
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@washingtonpost needs to NAME the officials@NOAA - Show replies
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Would be hilarious if, well, you know. Our president is a lunatic, and he is using the full force of the executive branch to defend his lunacy.
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And his party is 100 percent on board with this.
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