This whole thing appears to have been a set up. Several posters on Twitter predicted as soon as the suspension of S&S by “The Pentagon” that Trump would swoop in after and brag about saving it, which is what happened. May have been precipitated by the Atlantic story.
On Sat, Sep 5, 2020 at 7:34 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> In 2002-2003, the only time anyone with brown skin appeared on the cover >> of Newsweek Int., they were a terrorist or holding a gun or both. They were >> anti-Islamic, and it was embarrassing for me to be living in a Muslim >> country and getting that in the mail. >> > > I will admit my sensibilities were different back then and I could well > have had a blind spot about Newsweek biases. I do remember that they > covered domestic stories in Asia and Africa but those stories might have > been aimed at informing investors rather than letting people tell their own > stories. > >> >>> As for Stars & Stripes, if Trump is shutting it down it's because of >>> some tantrum he is having over some of its coverage. But I can't imagine >>> being on a military base with a smartphone or tablet, having instant access >>> to all manner of news, and paying any attention to a printed newspaper. In >>> terms of journalism if the editors have to answer to senior officers, and >>> as it comes from the Pentagon they do, then they have no ability to talk >>> truth to power and that impacts their usefulness. >>> >> >> I’m not sure what the editorial hierarchy is at S&S, but as the world was >> unreservedly against the US invading and decimating Afghanistan, the paper >> offered no evidence of that... the troops were great, the commanders were >> great, mission accomplished, and all that. Admittedly, most if not all US >> media acted the same way, but coming from S&S felt especially manipulative. >> > > Whatever caused the Pentagon to announce the shutdown of Stars & Stripes, > Trump caved to pressure and reverswed the decision: > > > https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-09-04/after-criticism-trump-says-pentagon-will-not-shut-down-military-newspaper > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHjCXrr_0TJOH45ki3BOEBcyCAhq-Gmg4bncfWdF3YU3w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHjCXrr_0TJOH45ki3BOEBcyCAhq-Gmg4bncfWdF3YU3w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKc2iFts6QZBq%2Bbt_cTsPsWxOdtaOs1OCqT1DG3KyuMCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
