It was absolutely a bad decision. I regret it happened. Certainly … I should have stopped it...we’re working very hard to establish credibility and integrity, and I would hope this does not undermine it.-John “Pat” Philbin, FEMA’s director of external affairs, apologizing for yet another department fiasco in which his department held a fake news conference during the LA and San Diego brush fires.
FEMA employees posed as reporters while real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions.
As usual, doing a "heck of a job."
