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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by 9dev on Thursday October 16, 2025 @05:37AM (#45603306)
Game theory applies here. There will always be one journalist without any moral qualms that’ll stay, betting on everyone else leaving, and making a scoop.
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 16, 2025 @07:25AM (#45604060)
> There will always be one journalist without any moral qualms that’ll stay

They’re outed as stooges. That doesn’t matter to the influencer crowd. But I bet this costs the DoD a lot of narrative-shaping power.

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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by beej71 on Thursday October 16, 2025 @11:09AM (#45606357)
I'm growing more convinced that there is a significant subset of the population that wants all of the press to be stooges.
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 16, 2025 @11:30AM (#45606620)
> there is a significant subset of the population that wants all of the press to be stooges

A significant fraction of Americans are addicted to rage bait. They don’t care about accuracy as much as entertainment and ideological predictability.

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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by fatbird on Thursday October 16, 2025 @12:36PM (#45607540)
When they're obviously lying to you, at least you know that they're lying.
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by account42 on Friday October 17, 2025 @04:15AM (#45614370)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vranyo

Known lies can still be effective.

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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by IT4MD on Thursday October 16, 2025 @08:33AM (#45604565)
Only the one? Found the optimist.. ;)
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by HarryFahrerer on Thursday October 16, 2025 @09:51AM (#45605337)
>Game theory applies here.

Rely on traditional trade craft. A bouncing bevy of brothel, escort service, deepthroats; historically and dramatized, is a staid and proven primary source.

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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by radixdiaboli on Thursday October 16, 2025 @09:59AM (#45605438)
...so why did they unite in this case?
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by 9dev on Thursday October 16, 2025 @03:57PM (#45609989)
Because there’s nothing to win here? Nobody gets a Pulitzer for copy-pasting a press release from the DoD (or DoW, for what it’s worth)
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by radixdiaboli on Thursday October 16, 2025 @04:45PM (#45610459)
That's some bar moving. In one case we're saying that even if you report garbage, your competitors are going to occupy the niche without you, therefore something something game theory.

But in this other case, well there's just no value to reporting garbage.

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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by 9dev on Thursday October 16, 2025 @04:58PM (#45610585)
Have you ever seen a White House press conference? People scream their questions in the hope of being the loudest, because the president only answers a few. If most of the competition for question time leaves, there’s more time for you to get that juicy soundbite you’re after.
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by radixdiaboli on Friday October 17, 2025 @03:43PM (#45621147)
Have you seen a white house press conference lately? It's all just the same talking points. Everyone gets to report on the sound bites. You're choosing to describe these things as if the game theoretics are qualitatively different. Your description is doing more of the work than the game theory.
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Re:Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather t... by ceejayoz on Thursday October 16, 2025 @04:45PM (#45610462)
> making a scoop

The chances of making that via a White House press conference is pretty close to zero.

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