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

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Post by jfengel »

scarecrowbob wrote: post #46
jfengel wrote: post #26

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We elected them. A lot of us are vociferously defending them. What does that say about us?

Well, I'll grant you that the folks defending them are certainly making statements worth judging harshly. I am not sure if I buy the idea that "We" elected them. I'd be really stoked to know what I personally could have done (or encouraged my cadre / comrades to have done) to prevent this outcome, because I don't recall even being given a choice about who I thought should run against the current regime and I live in…

When I say "we" I mean about 1/3 of us who voted for this, and about 1/3 who decided that either way was good for them. That includes a bunch of people who are diametrically opposed but for whom the main alternative wasn't quite good enough.

That's roughly two-thirds of us. Those of us who took even the trivial effort to oppose this are a distinct minority.

I don't think there's any that minority could have done differently. We are merely complicit in the suicide pact that is the Constitution, whereby we go with the majority and hope the majority would let us try again in a few years. That's an increasingly dubious proposition, and now we have to decide if this social contract hasn't already been broken.

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

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Post by terribleperson »

kjksf wrote: post #43
mpalmer wrote: post #6

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This is pretty obviously one more step in an effort to make sure that all coverage of U.S. military actions is positive and under the control of the administration.

It's also part of a more recent push to make sure that Iran war coverage is positive. See the head of the FCC threatening to revoke broadcast licenses over Iran war coverage.

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Post by cindyllm »

genthree wrote: post #50
wat10000 wrote: post #44

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Corolla demanded answers to complicated sociological questions. Newsome’s response was weak but I don’t see how that’s deflection. The question doesn’t matter to the topic being discussed. It’s an obvious gotcha question from an interviewer who just wants to make a ruckus. I don’t know why a professional politician can’t handle that, but bad handling of a stupid gotcha question is very different from contradicting yo…

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

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Post by enoint »

dragonelite wrote: post #27
rngfnby wrote: post #4

About a week ago Stars and Stripes had an article that strongly implied that the war with Iran had already had far more casualties than the (at the time) three KIA. I think it was about increased blood donations in Germany.

I saw this message spread like a wild fire in the osint sphere 2 week ago. Already told me war with Iran is going bad. Hell to the point that even John "we need to attack Iran now" Bolton couldn't get it hard anymore at the thought of attacking Iran.

I think that was Armed Services Blood Program messaging at Kaiserslautern. I read services like labor and delivery are still replaced with trauma.

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Post by mpalmer »

kjksf wrote: post #43
mpalmer wrote: post #6

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This person's ridiculous comment is a fantastic example of bad faith. Whataboutism, putting words in my mouth, and a singularly irritating (willful?) ignorance of current events.

The person who posted this is perhaps not already aware of:

- The FCC chair Brandon Carr threatening broadcasters to cover the war correctly, or else lose their "license"

- Federal judges repeatedly calling out the admin for ignoring court orders, bypassing regulation, and arbitrarily prosecuting political enemies (Jerome Powell being only the latest failed attempt)

- Hegseth saying he can't wait for David Ellison to take over CNN so the coverage improves

If they were aware of these things, I would expect them to recognize a LITTLE significance in the removal of a commitment to 1A principles from a publication owned by the government.

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