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 distrac

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. [1] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=ohio%20train,chinese%20balloon&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=ohio%20tra...