Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss (nytimes.com)

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[−] _doctor_love 53d ago
Not sure why people haven't figured it out - bad news is only happening if it is reported. So if you could simply stop reporting the bad news, then they wouldn't be happening. Seems pretty obvious to me.

It's similar to testing in software development. The more tests you have, the more the tests can break. Therefore the ideal number of tests is zero - no tests, no red builds.

Not sure why people can't get with the program here.

[−] mandeepj 53d ago
Reminds me of - Stop the testing to reduce Covid cases.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-joking-slowin...

[−] AgentOrange1234 53d ago
I remember thinking this was ridiculous when he said it. It's wild how it ended up being the ultimate approach.
[−] thinkcontext 53d ago
I'm reminded of during the Iraq occupation how Dick Cheney scolded the media for not saying how great things were going and said how much he liked Fox's coverage. And how not long after it was no longer possible to deny that things had gone terribly wrong and things weren't actually so rosy.
[−] brookst 53d ago
Yep. Same reason going to the doctor is fatal. A cancer diagnosis is terrifying and correlates to dying of cancer. Why would anyone take the risk?
[−] ProAm 53d ago
Crime, fraud, bribery, assaults, supreme court tampering, supreme court buy outs, government waste, the list is long for the program at hand.
[−] beloch 53d ago
"Instead of signing the new policy, the Times journalists — along with dozens of reporters from other outlets — turned in their press passes, opting to cover the military from outside the complex. The Pentagon later welcomed a reconstituted press corps consisting of pro-Trump commentators and influencers."

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Limit badspeak. Boost goodspeak.

[−] kelseyfrog 53d ago
In the same vein as, "it's the police who create crime."
[−] raw_anon_1111 53d ago
Just for context: the first policy was so bad that even Fox News wouldn’t go along with it.
[−] OutOfHere 53d ago
It was bad enough that the Pentagon hardly shares any bad news. When bad news gets exposed by third parties, e.g. strikes on US facilities and planes, also on Iran's schools and civilian buildings, the Pentagon only covers it up with lies or censure. Any organization that is not committed to spreading the truth is not a good organization, and suppression is worse.
[−] mpalmer 53d ago
I hadn't realized the Times isn't going along with the DoD "de-brand". On this occasion, I will hand it to them.
[−] nkurz 53d ago
[−] 6thbit 53d ago
What’s the diff with the new text? Only the word “solicitation” removed?
[−] charcircuit 53d ago
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[−] CSMastermind 53d ago
Well it was nice to have at least some military actions that didn't leak ahead of time.