Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss

 (nytimes.com)

48 points | by doener 2 hours ago

4 comments

  • _doctor_love 2 hours 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.

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    • mandeepj 1 hour ago
      Reminds me of - Stop the testing to reduce Covid cases.

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

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      • AgentOrange1234 44 minutes ago
        I remember thinking this was ridiculous when he said it. It's wild how it ended up being the ultimate approach.
    • beloch 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
      In the same vein as, "it's the police who create crime."
    • brookst 1 hour 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 1 hour ago
      Crime, fraud, bribery, assaults, supreme court tampering, supreme court buy outs, government waste, the list is long for the program at hand.
  • nkurz 1 hour ago
    https://archive.is/JOlEv
  • mpalmer 1 hour 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.
  • charcircuit 1 hour ago
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