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by forza 5688 days ago
Do you seriously believe the whole "the leak is very serious, but at the same time trivial"-story? It's a classic defense mechanism or tactic, depending on who you ask, in crisis management. I don't know any good English sources for this off the top of my head, but I it's called "trivialization", "minimization" or "disavowal". You can also google "crisis communication", "crisis management" or "image restoration" and you'll probably find something interesting like http://www.ou.edu/deptcomm/dodjcc/groups/98A1/Benoit.htm
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"Do you seriously believe the whole "the leak is very serious, but at the same time trivial"-story"

All I know is that nobody looked through the leaked material and found something beyond what we already knew about.