Not sure why people haven't figured it out - bad news is only happening if it is reported. So if you could simply stop reporting the bad news, then they wouldn't be happening. Seems pretty obvious to me.
It's similar to testing in software development. The more tests you have, the more the tests can break. Therefore the ideal number of tests is zero - no tests, no red builds.
Not sure why people can't get with the program here.
I'm reminded of during the Iraq occupation how Dick Cheney scolded the media for not saying how great things were going and said how much he liked Fox's coverage. And how not long after it was no longer possible to deny that things had gone terribly wrong and things weren't actually so rosy.
"Instead of signing the new policy, the Times journalists — along with dozens of reporters from other outlets — turned in their press passes, opting to cover the military from outside the complex. The Pentagon later welcomed a reconstituted press corps consisting of pro-Trump commentators and influencers."
They literally do. There's been numerous cases of undercover cops manipulating mentally ill people into committing crimes they otherwise wouldn't have.
The raid on Venezula and the strikes on Iran were some of the first military operations that didn't leak to the media that I can remember (with the exception of the Bin Laden raid I can't think of another big one during my lifetime?).
Both happened after they kicked journalists out of the Pentagon and I have to think that it played at least some role in the secrecy.
The earlier strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities before the change were leaked, though not the details of the mission, just that they were happening.
It's similar to testing in software development. The more tests you have, the more the tests can break. Therefore the ideal number of tests is zero - no tests, no red builds.
Not sure why people can't get with the program here.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-joking-slowin...
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Limit badspeak. Boost goodspeak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwJFuntco4
Both happened after they kicked journalists out of the Pentagon and I have to think that it played at least some role in the secrecy.
The earlier strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities before the change were leaked, though not the details of the mission, just that they were happening.