Media Ignore Puerto Rico Devastation, Then Blast Trump For Not Tweeting About It — Sad Investor's Business Daily, Sep 25, 2017
Bias: The mainstream press paid little attention to the devastation in Puerto Rico all weekend. Then they noticed that President Trump hadn't tweeted about it since Thursday. Now that they can attack Trump, they suddenly care. On Monday, headlines everywhere all made the same exact point:
"While Trump Tweeted About Sports All Weekend, Puerto Rico Dealt With 'Apocalyptic' Hurricane Damage"
"Trump ignores Puerto Rico's devastation to tweet about the NFL"
"Trump Keeps Tweeting About NFL Protests While Largely Ignoring Puerto Rico"
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For the record, Trump did tweet about Puerto Rico on Thursday, after Hurricane Maria had devastated the island, telling Gov. Richardo Rossello that "we are with you and the people of Puerto Rico. Stay safe! #PR Strong."
And while Trump might not have tweeted about Puerto Rico since then, the U.S. government has hardly been sitting idly by.
A short list of what FEMA, the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense and other government agencies have been busy doing there:
FEMA rescued 165 people.
The Transportation Department opened five airports for military and relief flights to bring in supplies.
Logistics support ship SS Wright arrived carrying 1.1 million meals and one million liters of fresh water.
The 249th Prime Power Battalion were in Puerto Rico supporting power restoration.
1,600 National Guard service members are conducting security and support operations.
The FDA is working with drug and device companies in Puerto Rico to prevent shortages of drugs and medical devices.
The U.S. Coast Guard is operating nine cutters in the area.
Defense Department support includes helicopter SAR flights, damage assessment flights, beach assessments, and patient
evacuation flights.
HHS and Defense evacuated more than 100 patients to the U.S. mainland.
But what's really galling about the attacks on Trump for his nontweeting about Puerto Rico is that the mainstream press was hardly interested in the island's plight until they found a way to use it to attack Trump.
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