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FEMA Official Loses Promotion After Fake News Conference

HeadlineOct 30, 2007

The fallout continues from last week’s fake news conference held by FEMA during the California wildfires. One of the FEMA officials who posed as a reporter during the fake press conference has been denied a scheduled promotion. John Philbin was supposed to leave FEMA last week for a new job as the director of public affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. But a DNI spokesperson announced on Monday Philbin would not be taking the new post after all.

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