Originally Posted by
MacLaren1
There is a journalistic maxim: "if you want to bury/ minimise the impact of something, launch it on a Friday" (smaller Saturday papers due to more limited advertising; lower circulations as fewer commuters; a Friday is too early for the Sundays as the Saturday papers will have got there first; etc...).
While this is less relevant in today's internet age, and the report has zero risk of being ignored given its profile, the same principles apply.
So rather odd, given that (after more than a year) they had a choice of any time.
...Or maybe not.
Perfect timing for the evening news on TV & radio