, , and , , CNN; Inside the White House’s desperate scramble to swat down hurricane misinformation
"In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, senior Biden administration officials raced to engage in a round-the-clock effort to respond to what appeared to be an unprecedented amount of misinformation circling about the storm and the federal response to it.
Meetings were quickly convened across government to try to solve for the alarming rise in false information – from claims about funds being directed to migrant services instead of recovery to allegations that survivors were only eligible for little assistance – that have in part been amplified by Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump.
“This has been a galvanizing moment for the White House and the federal government because of just the outright lying and spreading of lies,” one US official said."
