Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

[romad1]

This is unfortunately true.

 

[romad1]

16 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

there is no level of incompetence that MAGA will not just tolerate, but celebrate

This has proven very true in the halls of the Senate and HoR last night.   

Hegseth attacking the reporter was too rich.  Like, did you expect any reporter not to report that you were -- in terms of national security violations -- choking out a child on the 50 yard line of the SuperBowl? 

[romad1]

Not a particularly funny take but... very true

 

[pfife]

They were using Signal to skirt federal records laws.

[Motown Bombers]

Since they were using Signal, it was just a matter of time before they included their mistresses on these chats. 

[Motown Bombers]

[Motown Bombers]

[Motown Bombers]

Emailed my rep John James and asked if he was on the Signal chat, and if so, can he add me since I need to talk to my rep and he's nowhere to be found. 

[romad1]

1 hour ago, pfife said:

They were using Signal to skirt federal records laws.

And they were happy to mix security requirements with their forever campaign.   

They, and this particularly includes Rubio know about the limitations on security of phones in light of recent PRC hacking into our telcos and Israeli-invented hacks on certain phone providers that were sold off to various nogoodniks.  Tulsi G probably doesn't know because she is completely overmatched for that job because she's a Russian stooge.   

My prediction is that the National Security Advisor gets a job in a different part of the administration or is fired and that's the end of this.  Also, Jeff Goldberg is going to be made the villain by the RW media machine. 

[romad1]

Interesting thought.  I think Goldberg cares more for the institutions than the administration.

[romad1]

Its hard to master details when you have been tippling. 

[romad1]

This is true

Gravel Influencer: "The Signal story is really the perfect example of how Trump's litany of abuses have completely warped media coverage and the standard he is held to. It's being covered, but on the Trump curve, it's just another scandal, as opposed to a major national security threat that should lead to resignations." — Bluesky

 

[romad1]

oh, I guess we are going to prosecute Waltz?

[romad1]

Yes, caught trying...

[romad1]

Oh, yes, also true

its about hiding the crimes. 

[romad1]

Zack Pizzaz: "Some people are forced into slave labor for having tattoos, others get criminal conduct and gross negligence as a learning opportunity." — Bluesky

 

[Tigerbomb13]

It’s just so frustrating and predictable that this is something should immediately trigger resignations, but because it’s just another day of flooding the zone, it will be forgotten by tomorrow. 

[romad1]

Lizet Kruyff: "Dad....." — Bluesky

 

[romad1]

weak sauce from President who isn't on top of his nat security team or just doesn't care. 

[oblong]

In my job we deal with secrecy, both in terms of a proprietary nature and things that are not yet public knowledge and some things go beyond the standard internal understanding that you don't blab.  We are a publicly traded company.  SEC, etc.  Meaning.... if we talk about subject A, we have to make sure the people in our audience are either NDA'd or asked to leave.  When we have meetings we validate who is on the call.  The meeting organizer is responsible ultimately but we all also do it.  Nobody wants to talk to our lawyers.  I've been involved in things I couldn't even discuss with my direct reports two levels up.  I'm not saying that to brag or that I'm special... I'm not.  I'm a non mangement grunt.  But I go through these exercises and it's unbelievable that people at that level in our government are not doing, at minimum, the same thing.  The invite was careless.  I don't know anything about Signal but I assume you can see who else is on the chat.  Everybody on that should have wondered who "JG" was.

 

[chasfh]

15 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

I can see this biting the US in any trade agreements Trump signs.

"Get me the most competent negotiator!"

"He's a radical leftist"

"Get me the 31st most competent negotiator as long as he is loyal and makes me look good "

It's even worse than that: they are completely conflating loyalty with competence, 100%.

We should probably remember, though, that the goal of who benefits most in a trade agreement negotiation is almost certainly far different for MAGA than for Democrats.

[smr-nj]

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Interesting thought.  I think Goldberg cares more for the institutions than the administration.

I've stopped short of believing this was a setup to entrap the MSM, but I am totally believing that the regime will use this incident to openly clamp down hard on all MSM.

[chasfh]

23 minutes ago, romad1 said:

weak sauce from President who isn't on top of his nat security team or just doesn't care. 

I think he cares, and I think he's on top of them, but in order to achieve different ends than we would normally expect from our president.

They're not stupid, and they're not making mistakes.

[romad1]

21 minutes ago, oblong said:

In my job we deal with secrecy, both in terms of a proprietary nature and things that are not yet public knowledge and some things go beyond the standard internal understanding that you don't blab.  We are a publicly traded company.  SEC, etc.  Meaning.... if we talk about subject A, we have to make sure the people in our audience are either NDA'd or asked to leave.  When we have meetings we validate who is on the call.  The meeting organizer is responsible ultimately but we all also do it.  Nobody wants to talk to our lawyers.  I've been involved in things I couldn't even discuss with my direct reports two levels up.  I'm not saying that to brag or that I'm special... I'm not.  I'm a non mangement grunt.  But I go through these exercises and it's unbelievable that people at that level in our government are not doing, at minimum, the same thing.  The invite was careless.  I don't know anything about Signal but I assume you can see who else is on the chat.  Everybody on that should have wondered who "JG" was.

 

It was in Project 2025. They don't want to have to reveal any of this to the national archives.  They are criming.