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Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by jfengel »

yoyohello13 wrote: post #23
llm_nerd wrote: post #19

Remember that Hegseth recently celebrated that CNN is being taken over by a friend of the administration who will eagerly parrot their propaganda in the service of keeping the idiocracy controlled. FCC commissioner Carr threatened media licenses for firms that aren't positive enough about the Iran war (or is it a war? Special military operation?) The US is in a bizarre place right now. The actions of this administrat…

It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Like, do you not have eyes? All those movies about evil people gaining power with nonsensical support from the population were actually just telling the truth. Humans in aggregate are not capable of managing themselves.

They do indeed have eyes. This is what they voted for and they are getting what they want.

Honestly, as little respect as I have for them, I have even less for those who used to support him and no longer do. They had bad judgement then and I don't think their skills have improved. They're temporarily leaning away from the direct consequences of their bad choices but remain incapable of learning why that choice was bad, and will make more bad choices in the future.

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by wat10000 »

yoyohello13 wrote: post #23
llm_nerd wrote: post #19

Remember that Hegseth recently celebrated that CNN is being taken over by a friend of the administration who will eagerly parrot their propaganda in the service of keeping the idiocracy controlled. FCC commissioner Carr threatened media licenses for firms that aren't positive enough about the Iran war (or is it a war? Special military operation?) The US is in a bizarre place right now. The actions of this administrat…

It is mind boggling how so many people in the US are STILL supporting Trump. Like, do you not have eyes? All those movies about evil people gaining power with nonsensical support from the population were actually just telling the truth. Humans in aggregate are not capable of managing themselves.

They’re excited that all those blue-haired liberals will finally get what’s coming to them.

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by kjksf »

throw0101c wrote: post #17
Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #2

"The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that affirms the publication’s independence while expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions on content" Seems like this sentence contains contradictory statements.

> Seems like this sentence contains contradictory statements. "War is peace." "Freedom is slavery."

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Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by bryanrasmussen »

Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #2

"The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that affirms the publication’s independence while expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions on content" Seems like this sentence contains contradictory statements.

I think the sentence just contains very laid back observations of hypocrisy.

"affirms the publication's independence" = Says it's independent.

"expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions" = makes it non-independent.

Conclusion: The sentence indicates the policy is hypocritical and built on lies. The sentence is not contradictory, the policy is.

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by derektank »

kurthr wrote: post #22
sigmar wrote: post #12

"Defense Department intended to “refocus” the news organization... it “should” republish content created by the Defense Department public affairs offices with a label describing its origin" Article makes it clear that they're banning the publication of wire services with the goal to make this publication more like a DoD PR team and less like a news source.

Wait, they can't even internally remember that they're the DoW (Department of War) and not DoD?

The Department of War is an “alternate title”. Department of Defense continues to be correct

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by kergonath »

llm_nerd wrote: post #19

Remember that Hegseth recently celebrated that CNN is being taken over by a friend of the administration who will eagerly parrot their propaganda in the service of keeping the idiocracy controlled. FCC commissioner Carr threatened media licenses for firms that aren't positive enough about the Iran war (or is it a war? Special military operation?) The US is in a bizarre place right now. The actions of this administrat…

> The actions of this administration are positively communist (in the most cynical, fear-mongered notion about communism), from enlisting tech execs in the military, to demanding complete control over all commerce (including demanding ownership stakes), to absolute chilling control over speech.

It is more fascist than communist. The communist way would have been to make the state take control of companies and then put apparatchiks at the top. This is the other way around, with companies taking over the state instead. But yeah, it’s nitpicking at this point.

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by bbor »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #34
Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #2

"The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that affirms the publication’s independence while expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions on content" Seems like this sentence contains contradictory statements.

I think the sentence just contains very laid back observations of hypocrisy. "affirms the publication's independence" = Says it's independent. "expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions" = makes it non-independent. Conclusion: The sentence indicates the policy is hypocritical and built on lies. The sentence is not contradictory, the policy is.

Well put, totally agree! The key word here is “affirms”.

Here, watch; I hereby affirm that I am god incarnate, that I have no flaws, and that every unit test I’ve ever written has passed on the first try. It cannot be denied that I affirmed that!

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by Arubis »

This is wrong and rhymes with all the sabre-rattling towards news orgs from the white house over the last couple days.

It will also make the US armed forces _actively worse_ at their jobs. It won't even take very long. If you can't effectively reflect on your errors and consider non-politically-aligned points of view, your strategists are going to be running in the dark.

Re: Pentagon expands oversight of Stars and Stripes, limits content

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Post by oliwarner »

Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #2

"The Pentagon has released a modernization plan for Stars and Stripes that affirms the publication’s independence while expanding Defense Department oversight, introducing new restrictions on content" Seems like this sentence contains contradictory statements.

"You're absolutely completely free to write exactly what we tell you to"
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