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NOAA watchdog chides agency for how it handled Hurricane Dorian’s ‘Sharpiegate’

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Nick Sobczyk, E&E NewsOriginally published by E&E NewsThe scandal that has become known as "Sharpiegate" damaged NOAA's credibility and may have undercut public trust in the agency's apolitical weather forecasting, Commerce Department Inspector General Peggy Gustafson said in a long-awaited report released yesterday."Instead of focusing on NOAA's successful hurricane forecast, the Department unnecessarily rebuked [National Weather Service] forecasters for issuing a public safety message about Hurricane Dorian in response to public inquiries—that is, for doing their jobs," the report said.The report details a series of incidents that snowballed over the course of a week after President Trump falsely declared in September of 2019 that.

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