The American PR machine

The American government has stooped to a new ethical low. FEMA held a fake press conference Tuesday morning, where officials posed as reporters.

In an Orwellian move, the organization gave actual reporters only 15 minutes notice -- ensuring they could not make the conference to ask hard hitting questions about fires in California.

The Washington Post published details from the conference before learning it was a hoax.

Is this an attempt by the infamously defunct body (after the Katrina scandal) to regain credibility in the eyes of the American people?

If so, they obviously underestimated both the intelligence of the American people and the capabilities of their press corps.