Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
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Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#2"Six government employees, plus two contractors including Edward Snowden, have been subjects of felony criminal prosecutions since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act, accused of leaking classified information to the press—compared with a total of three such prosecutions in all previous U.S. administrations"
Correlation not equal cause.
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#3not being an apologist, but i'm curious as to what the alternative would be.
if i believed that more open information was the solution to factual journalism, then i'd have more sympathy for this report.
the truth, however, is that journalists spin context of information (with graphs, info charts, interactive elements, and polls) to sell ads and get more eyeballs.
while i agree that obama has been extremely heavy-handed with retaliation on whistleblowers, the report ignores the bias that also exists within media outlets to add their own context to sell more, rile up a base, or attract more advertising investment.
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#4If this was a Republican in office right now the hipster socialist crowd would be going ape shit over it. Instead, crickets....
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#5If this was a Republican in office right now the hipster socialist crowd would be going ape shit over it. Instead, crickets....
I expect a higher level of debate here than the CNN message boards. I'm disappointed that my expectations were not met.
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#6"Six government employees, plus two contractors including Edward Snowden, have been subjects of felony criminal prosecutions since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act, accused of leaking classified information to the press—compared with a total of three such prosecutions in all previous U.S. administrations" Correlation not equal cause.
I'm not quite sure that I understand your comment's tie-in with the quote. Can you elaborate?
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#7If this was a Republican in office right now the hipster socialist crowd would be going ape shit over it. Instead, crickets....
I expect a higher level of debate here than the CNN message boards. I'm disappointed that my expectations were not met.
It's an accurate observation that (a) everyone who knows anything about US politics already knows, but (b) this is a very international community in which as much as 50% of the viewers of this thread might not be in the (a) group. So I'm not really sure why you think it's not a valid observation to post here. If you don't think this article is appropriate for HN, that's fine (and I'm with you on that). Once it is here and once you click through to read the comments, it's not really fair to ding someone for commenting on it IMO.
What 'debate' on HN do you expect about such an article?
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#8"Six government employees, plus two contractors including Edward Snowden, have been subjects of felony criminal prosecutions since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act, accused of leaking classified information to the press—compared with a total of three such prosecutions in all previous U.S. administrations" Correlation not equal cause.
I'm not quite sure that I understand your comment's tie-in with the quote. Can you elaborate?
I think he means that because more people have broken espionage laws under Obama's watch, doesn't mean it was Obama's fault.
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#9I remember when.
There were stories on HN....
they were about tech.
-haiku
Re: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon, Report Says
#10I remember when. There were stories on HN.... they were about tech. -haiku
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