briefingfog
/ˈbriːfɪŋˌfɒɡ/nounVerified NewAn official briefing engineered to obscure — dense, technical, and hours long, leaving listeners informed of everything except what happened.
The fog is the deliverable: volume substituting for disclosure. Journalists exit with quotes and no facts, which is the intended yield.
Etym. — briefing + fog; opacity as an output of the very ritual meant to produce clarity.
Rel. — euphemarchy
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