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maxrandb

(15,192 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:31 AM Feb 2019

Why is the media "surprised" that Donnie Short Fingers would tweet about Smollett, but be silent

about a FUCKING COAST GUARD OFFICER who was planning massive terrorist attacks against our government and our free press?

They've been doing the fucking same thing for the past fucking week. Promoting one while downplaying the other.

I swear, watching Donnie Shit for Brains and our fucking media is like watching a group of dogs running around sniffing each others asses

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Why is the media "surprised" that Donnie Short Fingers would tweet about Smollett, but be silent (Original Post) maxrandb Feb 2019 OP
Yep. That's a good analogy. GoCubsGo Feb 2019 #1
K&R stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #2
Wall to wall on Fox underpants Feb 2019 #3
Give morning Joe credit. First segment was about the plot to kill dem4decades Feb 2019 #4
He still hadn't owned up to smearing DHS for its report on rise of white nationalism in the military EffieBlack Feb 2019 #7
I'm just watching Joe while he's hating Trump. dem4decades Feb 2019 #8
Perhaps most in the media have underpinnings to White Supremacy or Southern Paternalism. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #5
Fox, yes. The others were poorly educated in US schools by underpaid teachers DemocracyMouse Feb 2019 #11
That is, journalists don't research squat. It's bad schooling and DemocracyMouse Feb 2019 #12
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #6
It is a dog and pony show in order to change the subject BTW Chicago had + 555 murders last year Botany Feb 2019 #9
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2019 #16
Maybe the corporate media has an agenda? jalan48 Feb 2019 #10
You think?! KPN Feb 2019 #20
Yes, I do and it's been going on for awhile. What I find hilarious is that when big media allows a jalan48 Feb 2019 #22
My comment was meant to indicate agreement with you. Perhaps that wasn't clear? KPN Feb 2019 #24
No, I got it. jalan48 Feb 2019 #25
social engineering is certainly at play here. Kurt V. Feb 2019 #13
+1, same here ... I asked did Smollet kidnap a bunch of kids from helpless parents and lose them ?! uponit7771 Feb 2019 #17
I doubt the media is surprised. frogmarch Feb 2019 #14
I don't. No way one could draw that conclusion based on what I saw on CNN yesterday. KPN Feb 2019 #21
I can't believe no one is questioning how Hasson made lieutenant???!!! PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #15
+1, Before or after Benedict Donald calls him a "very fine" person. We have a white supremacist uponit7771 Feb 2019 #18
As a retired Navy Mustang Officer maxrandb Feb 2019 #23
Thanks, but surely, these kinds of people had to show their stripes... they couldn't be Jekyl/Hydes PeeJ52 Feb 2019 #28
You'd be surprised maxrandb Feb 2019 #29
Please, the Coast Guard is diverse and welcoming to all types of people IronLionZion Feb 2019 #26
Gee, I wonder why he hasn't mentioned the illegal plea agreement with Epstein. vsrazdem Feb 2019 #19
Great analogy. nt Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #27

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
1. Yep. That's a good analogy.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:38 AM
Feb 2019

Still sniffing this morning, too. It's ridiculous. The Toady Show led off with the Smollett thing AGAIN. Gave it top billing. AGAIN. Spent five minutes on it. AGAIN. The NC election got about a minute. Roger stone got 45 seconds. The weather, a minute. Not a peep about the Coast Guard Nazi, who got a whole minute yesterday. I switched to ABC. At least the weather got top billing there. It's fucking ridiculous.

underpants

(182,279 posts)
3. Wall to wall on Fox
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 08:40 AM
Feb 2019

Got to the gym at 6am. On the TV's there's CNN ESPN and Fox.
6:00-6:15 lifting - Fox is all Smollett. White people talking about Smollett. White People talking to a black lady about Smollet. Etc.
6:15-6:35 swim
6:35-6:50 lifting again. Fox ... Smollet. This time there's a black guy talking about Smollet and white people talking about him talking about Smollet.

dem4decades

(11,244 posts)
4. Give morning Joe credit. First segment was about the plot to kill
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:00 AM
Feb 2019

Trump's opponents and not one Republican has said a word condemning iit.

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
7. He still hadn't owned up to smearing DHS for its report on rise of white nationalism in the military
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:26 AM
Feb 2019

His outrage is nice, but his selective amnesia makes it all suspect.

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
11. Fox, yes. The others were poorly educated in US schools by underpaid teachers
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:13 AM
Feb 2019

Who are treated like nuisances rather than resoected

Botany

(70,291 posts)
9. It is a dog and pony show in order to change the subject BTW Chicago had + 555 murders last year
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 09:58 AM
Feb 2019

and we have all this about one nut who filed a phony police report and set up a con?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-murder-total-2018-homicides-police-department/

Two teen boys walking through Bronzeville.

A 12-year-old girl from Michigan visiting her father in West Garfield Park.

Two Chicago Police officers who ran toward danger, one in the Loop and the other at a South Side hospital.

Infants in Little Village and Hermosa.

A great-grandmother in her Park Manor apartment.

KPN

(15,587 posts)
20. You think?!
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:58 AM
Feb 2019


Turned on the TV yesterday mid-afternoon to see what was up with Stone's court appearance. Went to CNN first when MSNBC was on commercial break -- nothing but Smollet. Went back to MSNBC a couple minutes later, watched their next segment which was 100% Mueller report, back to CNN during commercial break -- still frigging all about Smollet!!!

jalan48

(13,798 posts)
22. Yes, I do and it's been going on for awhile. What I find hilarious is that when big media allows a
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:05 AM
Feb 2019

few liberal commentators a few hours a day on national TV people seem forget who the real company owning the network is. MSNBC (Rachel, Chris, Joy, etc.) is owned and controlled by media giant Comcast. Literally, some can't see the big picture.

KPN

(15,587 posts)
24. My comment was meant to indicate agreement with you. Perhaps that wasn't clear?
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:16 AM
Feb 2019

No question ... the mainstream media is all about unbridled capitalism for the masses and socialism for corporations.

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)
13. social engineering is certainly at play here.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:16 AM
Feb 2019

i was talking to my repub co-worker today about the coast guard dude and he immediately brings up smollett, as if it's the same thing.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
17. +1, same here ... I asked did Smollet kidnap a bunch of kids from helpless parents and lose them ?!
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:50 AM
Feb 2019

This guys coming around to Benedict Donald's conning ways but still hasn't connected that mentality to policies.

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
14. I doubt the media is surprised.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:19 AM
Feb 2019

I think what the media is doing is calling attention to the fact that trump and his gang are all over the Smollett story and ignoring the fucking coast guard officer story.

KPN

(15,587 posts)
21. I don't. No way one could draw that conclusion based on what I saw on CNN yesterday.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:01 AM
Feb 2019

Smollet was the big story, the pending Mueller report next, followed I'd say by Stone's court appearance, and then the coast guard officer lumped in with all the other stuff.

 

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)
15. I can't believe no one is questioning how Hasson made lieutenant???!!!
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:41 AM
Feb 2019

Is our Coast Guard full of terrorists under his command waiting to be let loose upon America? Is there a deep state alt right militia being formed??? How did this happen? The guy has been in the service for years!!! This demands an investigation!!!

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
18. +1, Before or after Benedict Donald calls him a "very fine" person. We have a white supremacist
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:53 AM
Feb 2019

as a president ... jus ... shit

maxrandb

(15,192 posts)
23. As a retired Navy Mustang Officer
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:08 AM
Feb 2019

can I please tell you that you have a 99.9% chance of making Lieutenant.

LT is an O3 in the Navy and Coast Guard. It's equivalent to Captain in the Army, Marine Corp or Air Force.

Promotion to O3 in the military is pretty-much automatic

Do two years Time-in-Rank as an O1, you automatically get promoted to O2.

Do two years Time-in-Rank as an O2, you automatically get promoted to O3.

In fact, for the Navy when I was in. My promotion rate to LCDR O4 was 85%. That meant that 85% of those that were eligible to be promoted to LCDR got promoted to LCDR.

We used to joke that you "had to try really hard to NOT make O4".

Provided you weren't a complete dirtbag, hadn't killed anyone or wrecked anything, hadn't been formally disciplined for something and had a pulse, you were going to make LCDR.

As you move up in the ranks, the promotions get quite a bit harder. By the time you get to where you are eligible for O5 or O6, it gets to the point that if you aren't promoted, you are forced to retire.

 

PeeJ52

(1,588 posts)
28. Thanks, but surely, these kinds of people had to show their stripes... they couldn't be Jekyl/Hydes
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:39 AM
Feb 2019

could they? I've worked with really "outspoken" people, and word gets around between coworkers what kind of people they are and jokes told about them. Management knew about them and their prejudices. They were on the lookout to correct any bad behavior. I just couldn't imaging this guy, jacked up on 'roids getting by for so long. There has got to be others there.

maxrandb

(15,192 posts)
29. You'd be surprised
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:55 AM
Feb 2019

The military promotion system is probably one of the most non-discriminatory, equal advancement systems that there is, up to the higher ranks.

It's not perfect. As with all of these types of systems, some folks that should never fucking wear a uniform, like Steve Bannon, will get promoted to LT/O3, while great and dedicated folks, like my first LPO will get "passed-over".

Had a frickin' Navy Fighter Pilot I worked with that was on the "fast-track", until it was discovered that he had two wives in two different states.

Bottom line, unless it was impacting the way he was doing his job, this type of behavior is easy to hide. Usually, we would find out about other "shaky" shit folks had done AFTER they got in trouble for something else.

My only question would be why this was never discovered during a Security Clearance investigation.

Of course, depending on what the guys job was, he may not have needed the scrutiny required of a TS, or TS-SCI Clearance.

For Secret or Confidential Clearances, it usually only required a clear "local records check" and no red-flags on their SF86.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
26. Please, the Coast Guard is diverse and welcoming to all types of people
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:24 AM
Feb 2019

They had LGBT policies years ago and several non-white captains and admirals. They deliberately recruit from the communities they serve. The Commandant essentially told Trump to go F himself and they are not going to throw out transgender servicepeople.


This one terrorist asshole doesn't represent the Coast Guard at all. And he probably failed at his job. I agree that background investigations should do a better job of finding white supremacist activity because these people are dangerous.

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