DOD and the media

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This was posted a the “Worst Media” thread, but I think it deserves a separate thread.

(Or did I miss the thread started for this.)

Hegseth wants better control of the press corps reporting on DOD stuff.

I understand his concern: Too often we get “unnamed sources” leaking info (sometimes false, sometimes stuff that really shouldn’t be out there). The pledge and other rules are Hegseth’s attempt to put controls on that.

I think it’s the wrong approach, though I agree it’s a big problem.

The controls belong on the DOD side. Ferret out the leakers. Fire their asses. There is a ton of Deep State in every department. Start chiseling it out. Start axing it out.

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The control absolutely does NOT belong on the side of the DoD.

They work for us, not the other way around.

And because of that, leaks are the cost of doing business.

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I wold even say prosecute them. But yes this is the absolutely wrong tact.

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If only we had a media worth a damn.

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We do now. OAN is the only one the building as of this time :slight_smile:

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All these Fox News personalities that don’t have any interest in the journalism side, in which Fox won’t sign on to the pledge either. No one should.

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Problem solved then, I guess. :man_shrugging:

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The proper acronym is DOW

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Wow… “leaks are the cost of business”??
You couldn’t be more freaking wrong. When classified military intel is leaked, it can cost lives or can cause intel sources to “dry up”.

Granted the military often goes overboard classifying info BUT when military plans, movements, etc are leaked bad things can happen.

So glad that you feel leaks are “just the cost of doing business”. :roll_eyes:

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I’m going to agree with this post.

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It’s the cost of our National Security and DOD leaks are acts of treason.

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What’s worse? A free and open press that sometimes leak things the government doesn’t want leaked, or a state controlled press that never leaks things the government deosn’t want leaked?

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If something reported is untrue., the DoD should just correct the record transparently. If someone leaks something classified, that’s a problem and yeah, should be ferreted out and charged if it’s a crime.

Which is how the DoD has operated for decades.

Hegseth is out of his league, trying to be a tough guy.

Turning reports into stenographers, releasing only what the DoD lets them is un-American.

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Classified info isn’t often leaked. That’s a red herring. Hegseth wants to control 100% of the narrative. Guy is a talk show host after all.

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And I think the point wasn’t that classified leaks are no big deal.

I think it’s more like, you know how every time there is a mass shooting, it really comes down to the cold hard reality that if we’re going to have a 2nd amendment, people are going to get shot and killed?

It’s like that. If we’re going to have a free press per the 1st amendment, there are going to be inconvenient leaks.

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He probably only feels that way when his guys are out of power.

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Thank you, Bill O’Reilly, for explaining the merits of journalism.

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It’s not the “free and open press that sometimes leak things the government doesn’t want leaked”. It’s the government employee that leaked it to the press that needs to be exposed and if a crime was committed, prosecute them.

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This has always been the case. I agree if an employee did something they shouldn’t have, then they should face consequences.

Using it to attempt to muzzle the entire press corps is a problem.

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Yes it is.

Probably true.