
In case no one has heard, the Washington Post has really done an amazing job of blowing the lid off the fact that there are private contracting firms doing classified work for the government [now I wait patiently while the screams of terror subside] and yeah, it's just as fucking scary as all the alarmist assholes at the WP are making it sound. You could be in Subway, and there could be some dude in Subway standing with you in line, and he might be wearing combat boots. Because he's in the Army. But HE'S DRESSED JUST LIKE YOU. BUT HE"S STILL WEARING BOOTS BECAUSE HE"S WORKING IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES. RAMBO NEVER DID SHIT LIKE THAT!!!
Here's what I said to The WP's Crackerjack Writing Staff (it went straight to the trash I'm sure):
Wow. You guys are really laying it on thick. Good job characterizing everyone who's a contractor for the NSA as a secretive anti-social victim of Asberger's syndrome. You guys are more dramatic than the Spanish World Cup soccer team. I know you are all working hard to keep print media relevant so you can all keep your jobs, and I respect that. However, I suspect that if a contracting company released an expose that implied that reporters were somehow 'profiting off of bad news and overly dramatic characterizations of what is rather straight forward situations that are devoid of malicious connotations', you might say "Wow, government contractors are a bunch of assholes". There, you just looked in a mirror. What you are doing is slightly more accurate than yelling 'fire' in a crowded room just to get attention. Good job. "Ooooh! There are contractors! They work for the government! They can't tell us what they do! BOO! It's horrifying". What's sad is that whenever the American news media talks to the American public like they are 8 years old and learning the dangers of crossing the street, they respond in kind. I wonder what would happen if you were to treat everyone like they were intelligent people capable of rationalizing information and how it related to them in a mature manner. We will never EVER know the answer to this question, because it would cause 'news' like what you are peddling to be irrelevant. The psychological operations campaign you wage rivals anything that any government, including the current US Regime and even NAZI Germany, has ever or will ever be able to undertake. Again, good work. We're all fucking fascinated that there is classified information, classified facilities to keep it in, and people with clearances who work on it. Amazing. Good journalism.
Posted under What the fuck America?, Yeah, Great Fucking Journalism, gov't
This post was written by wintermute on July 21, 2010