There's a famous (in the UK) example of how prevalent it seems to be in politics: a Labour aide, Jo Moore[1] eventually had to resign after issuing a memo on 9/

There's a famous (in the UK) example of how prevalent it seems to be in politics: a Labour aide, Jo Moore[1] eventually had to resign after issuing a memo on 9/11 basically saying "today would be a good day to bury bad news" [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Moore http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Moore