Nothing to see here; move along.
August 5, 2024, is a date that will live in quietude in spite of these headlines:
Iran bombs a US military base, injuring US soldiers, and continues to threaten Israel.
U.S. Sends More Military to Middle East Amid Threats of Retaliation After Israel’s Assassinations.
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF continues deadly attack on El Fasher as U.N. warns famine could spread.
Dispute over Venezuela’s election results deepens as opposition claims It won by 2X the vote count; many Venezuelans say they will leave country—probably for USA, where a couple of hundred thousand have already entered over the past three years.
Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for 9/11 Guantánamo prisoners.
Southern states Brace for Hurricane Debby as it makes landfall in Florida.
Al-Shabab claims Mogadishu beach attack that killed 37.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1,033 points, the worst day in nearly two years.
From the White House— i.e., the President and Vice President— we heard………..
Today is August 6, 2024. Are you, as I am, eagerly awaiting a statement or word salad on these and other incidents headlining US and world newspapers?
Now, I Know What You Are Thinking
Now, I know what you are thinking. Why is this guy now focusing on daily news like some podcaster?
Whereas it is true that I have in these couple thousand essays touched on current events and other topics found in the back pages of the Press, I have largely done so in the context of some larger issue, like socialism vs. capitalism, evil vs. morality, common sense vs. common feelings, and science vs. belief. But today struck me as different because a large number of journalists and pundits have not raced to discover the US’s official stand on these matters.
One might guess that the action of Lloyd Austin would have by itself driven reporters to demand statements from the Executive Branch. Austin’s action did center on the 9—11 attacks that killed thousands, with many of their surviving families still suffering from their deaths by the umbrella group whose offshoot Al-Shabab just killed 37 and wounded hundreds on a Mogadishu beach. Al Qaeda still functions. That issue alone should have warranted a statement from the WH, especially in light of a report from the Judiciary Committee that the Biden-Harris Administration has released into the United States at least 99 potential terrorists since January 2021.
The Danger of an Agenda-Driven Press
So, in deference to your desire for more than a “podcast,” I’ll note that the willful restraint by the Press to hold the Biden-Harris Administration’s feet to the fires of transparency and explanation as they were eager to do under the Bush and Trump administrations, has quashed knowledge and allowed the current administration to run free from rational justification. Certainly, it has not received probing followup questions.
It is the news media that willingly acquiesces to both misinformation and secrecy.
August 5, 2024, is a date that will live in quietude in spite of these headlines:
Iran bombs a US military base, injuring US soldiers, and continues to threaten Israel.
U.S. Sends More Military to Middle East Amid Threats of Retaliation After Israel’s Assassinations.
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF continues deadly attack on El Fasher as U.N. warns famine could spread.
Dispute over Venezuela’s election results deepens as opposition claims It won by 2X the vote count; many Venezuelans say they will leave country—probably for USA, where a couple of hundred thousand have already entered over the past three years.
Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin revokes plea deal for 9/11 Guantánamo prisoners.
Southern states Brace for Hurricane Debby as it makes landfall in Florida.
Al-Shabab claims Mogadishu beach attack that killed 37.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 1,033 points, the worst day in nearly two years.
From the White House— i.e., the President and Vice President— we heard………..
Today is August 6, 2024. Are you, as I am, eagerly awaiting a statement or word salad on these and other incidents headlining US and world newspapers?
Now, I Know What You Are Thinking
Now, I know what you are thinking. Why is this guy now focusing on daily news like some podcaster?
Whereas it is true that I have in these couple thousand essays touched on current events and other topics found in the back pages of the Press, I have largely done so in the context of some larger issue, like socialism vs. capitalism, evil vs. morality, common sense vs. common feelings, and science vs. belief. But today struck me as different because a large number of journalists and pundits have not raced to discover the US’s official stand on these matters.
One might guess that the action of Lloyd Austin would have by itself driven reporters to demand statements from the Executive Branch. Austin’s action did center on the 9—11 attacks that killed thousands, with many of their surviving families still suffering from their deaths by the umbrella group whose offshoot Al-Shabab just killed 37 and wounded hundreds on a Mogadishu beach. Al Qaeda still functions. That issue alone should have warranted a statement from the WH, especially in light of a report from the Judiciary Committee that the Biden-Harris Administration has released into the United States at least 99 potential terrorists since January 2021.
The Danger of an Agenda-Driven Press
So, in deference to your desire for more than a “podcast,” I’ll note that the willful restraint by the Press to hold the Biden-Harris Administration’s feet to the fires of transparency and explanation as they were eager to do under the Bush and Trump administrations, has quashed knowledge and allowed the current administration to run free from rational justification. Certainly, it has not received probing followup questions.
It is the news media that willingly acquiesces to both misinformation and secrecy.
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