Pentagon Demands Journalists Pledge To Not Obtain Unauthorized Material (msn.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/20/0255254/pentagon-demands-journalists-pledge-to-not-obtain-unauthorized-material
- Source link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pentagon-demands-journalists-pledge-to-not-obtain-unauthorized-material/ar-AA1MVIa6
> The Trump administration [1]unveiled a new crackdown Friday on journalists at the Pentagon, saying it will require them to pledge they won't gather any information - even unclassified - that hasn't been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey.
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> Under the policy, the Pentagon may revoke press passes for anyone it deems a security threat. Possessing confidential or unauthorized information, under the new rules, would be grounds for a journalist't press pass to be revoked.
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> "DoW remains committed to transparency to promote accountability and public trust," the document says, using an acronym for the newly rebranded Department of War. "However, DoW information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified."
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> For months, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his staff have been tightening restrictions on Pentagon reporters while limiting military personnel's direct communication with the press. Like many defense secretaries before him, Hegseth has been deeply irritated by leaks. His staff this year threatened to use polygraph tests to stop people from leaking information, until the White House intervened.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pentagon-demands-journalists-pledge-to-not-obtain-unauthorized-material/ar-AA1MVIa6
MAGA please (Score:4, Interesting)
Rationalize this for us. How is this a good thing? We're at the "ministry of truth" phase in the dictator playbook.
Trump is basically the second coming of Christ (Score:3)
So there's your rationalization.
The right wing is about hierarchy and structured order with some people at the top some people at the bottom and of course never ever ever anyone on the right wing at the bottom.
Trump can do whatever he wants for the exact same reason God can do whatever he wants. It's literally Divine command theory.
If Trump does something it is good because Trump did it and if you think it's bad it's just that your feeble mind can't comprehend the 8d chess
It's the same reason t
Is there anyone here that voted for Trump (Score:3)
And is willing to State on the record that this is wrong and they fucked up voting for him? Is there anyone who brought us here to this state and is willing to take responsibility?
I am guessing not but I got to admit I am curious. Comment below.
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I suspect that the election was faked. I know that everything "bad" that Trump does, that he projects on others. So.. maybe the 2024 election was rigged towards Trump?
Doublethink (Score:3)
> DoW remains committed to transparency to promote accountability and public trust," the document says, using an acronym for the newly rebranded Department of War. However, DoW information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.
Wikipedia says that "Doublethink is a process of indoctrination in which subjects are expected to simultaneously accept two conflicting beliefs as truth, often at odds with their own memory or sense of reality." If you didn't immediately recognize the quote from the summary as doublethink - or at least as extreme hypocrisy - read it again.
To those Americans who still deny that the US is now a dictatorship: open your eyes, give your head a shake, and wake the fuck up. There are plenty of people - Democrats and independents as well as Republicans, across the full wealth spectrum - who are in denial of just how bad things are. It's time to take your head out of your ass and start fighting to reclaim YOUR country.
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To add the obvious, the word doublethink was added to the language by George Orwell, from the book 1984. Thoughts like: war is peace, were a cornerstone.
Dear withholders of the Epstein files... (Score:2)
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! ;-D
Hitler and Trump get rid of the comedians first! (Score:2)
Hitler and Trump get rid of the comedians first! next is the press that does not print what trump wants.
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Orban and Putin also got rid of the comedians first. I just wanted to throw that in the mix.
The options (Score:2)
So it would seem they have a choice,
(1) Sign the document and lose all credibility as a journalist,
(2) Be excluded from the room where Hegseth is pontificating
I'm not sure what value sitting in the room with that guy even provides. Whatever nonsense he's spouting, it's going to be public within 5 seconds from the conclusion of the press conference, and then any banned journalists can just refer to that reporting. Not sure what the obsession is with being in the press conferences. Is it just old people remem
Pentagon Papers (Score:2)
They don't have to do this but most "journalists" are hacks that engage in Access Journalism (which is a type of bribery).
They aren't hard-driving gumshoe drunks like the legendary journalists of yore who sought to speak truth to power. They're mostly stenographers for the rich and powerful now (yay, journalism school!)
It will be interesting to see if any leave out of principle. I doubt more than 10% will. You can pretty much distrust any stories from the ones who stay.
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Well, except for the journalists of NPR. Those guys are the most serious journalists you'll ever see. That's why Trump and his cronies tried to destroy them by defunding public broadcasting. And, no, I'm not being sarcastic. The only reason they all seem like a bunch of liberals is because reality itself has a liberal bias. They (NPR) and the BBC, AP, and Reuters are the most neutral news agencies to ever exist. That's why Republicans (let's be real, Trumpsters) hate them so much.
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Rush Limbaugh seemed to be the root cause of this. I listened to the guy when I was young, from the start. He was an idiot who just wanted to make money. It was a joke, where women were tools, and the left wing were idiots, but it took off in some peoples mind (hannity). Now we got Trump. I never, ever foresaw the American People to be so stupid as to vote in Trump, nor for Trump to be so stupid to take those ideas seriously. Even Rush did not take those ideas seriously, hell, Rush was a Drug Addic
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Oxy ftw! Rush was also a former welfare recipient, not counting all the welfare wealthy people receive in America.
OK. I promise. (Score:2)
EOL.
End of the USA (Score:2)
American democracy is in the process of being killed. Not in a "You have to act now to save it!" kind of way, but more in a "The lethal injection has been administered, and now we wait." way. The next two decades will not be fun, but maybe something good can be built in the aftermath.
King George the Third... (Score:3)
Please MAGAs read as to why America separated ourselves from England. Many of those words apply today. Thomas Jeffersons words ring very true. Ask your AI. We don't need another civil war MAGA's, you just need to learn some History, and to start to love the Ideals that America was founded on.
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I am responding to my own post, I realize that I should give more context. This is a podcast from NPR, whom the Trump administration who is casting as "Antifa", and enemies of America. If you really love freedom, this is a podcast to listen to, it is about the Founding of America: Civics 101, [1]https://www.civics101podcast.o... [civics101podcast.org]
[1] https://www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-episodes/grievances1