Questionable messaging about how the story was not being covered, the severity of effects on the environment, and how balloon stories were being used to distract.
To counter these points: it got quite a lot of interest [1], but perhaps that can be discounted because the sensational "cover-up" caused more attention. The burn was probably the correct decision to minimize impact, but it was still heavily criticized. Fighting balloons is just sensational and coincidental.
To counter these points: it got quite a lot of interest [1], but perhaps that can be discounted because the sensational "cover-up" caused more attention. The burn was probably the correct decision to minimize impact, but it was still heavily criticized. Fighting balloons is just sensational and coincidental.
[1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=ohio%20tra...