"The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA on Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama," @NYTimes reports.https://t.co/nzHml32iJx
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 9, 2019
A top NOAA scientist is probing why NOAA put out bad info to back up Trump.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 9, 2019
Worse, he flatly stated that the public now has reason not to have confidence in the agency's info.
Here are numerous other examples of the suppression of good data under Trump:https://t.co/102nyz9Wkd
As I said yesterday, the Trump-installed NOAA leaders who threw integrity out the window, endangered public safety, and stabbed our scientists in the back—must be held accountable for betraying the public trust and undermining faith in our institutions. They should resign now. https://t.co/E7D9WoOpcF
— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) September 9, 2019
NWS director Louis Uccellini praised the staff from @NWSBirmingham – who corrected Trump's false claim – and asked them to stand, prompting "a standing ovation from hundreds of forecasters." https://t.co/SwZdyOMvvI
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 9, 2019
Contradicting the president's lies is apparently a firing offense in this administration. Probably because if you start doing it, you won't have time to do anything else.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) September 9, 2019
The use of the word "However," here is also unfortunate, since it suggests this anonymous Trump aide's claim deserves equal weight as an equally likely or plausible explanation for what happened. https://t.co/HUe2wzupYi
— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) September 9, 2019
New trove of NOAA FOIA emails from “Sharpiegate” illustrate the fickle nature of scientific credibility under Trump admin. Agency officials, public lamented loss of hard-earned trust https://t.co/vlRk9PXow5
— Andrew Freedman (@afreedma) February 29, 2020
Sad! 