Yes, you're right about the media blackout in the U.S. My only remaining news sources for non-U.S. news were the Wall Street Journal (people don't read it for world news, but they do light but original reporting), World Socialist WS, and al Jazeera. Wire services like AP and Reuters are useless, because they're in Goebbels mode, same as CNN and Fox. Sadly, WSJ is worthless too now, with constant propaganda (e.g. "brave Azov and Svoboda warriors!" and silence about increasing food bank usage) although half of the reader community is in open revolt. WSJ has cracked down by CENSORING wrong-speak subscriber comments!
Yes, I understand. You were trying to be genuinely helpful in what you wrote. Same thing happens for me: No four letter words, no URLs (links), I stay on topic, yet my comment gets "held for review", never to be released. I often read the comments more closely than the articles because readers point out and discuss errors of fact. Or, they will answer questions about something that the article got totally muddled. I've subscribed for about 10 years. The archival content is really useful. Also, WSJ will report on things that are directly relevant to me for work, e.g. the coup thing at the FDIC last year. It should have been of great concern to lots of people! (Compliance Week is like a gossip column, didn't even mention it.) It would have been possible if Obama, Trump, or Biden had kept up with appointing directors for vacancies, plus observing term limits. But it is all falling apart. We had lots of really good bank regulators. Like everything else in government and business, they seem to be filling up with nepotism, favoritism, and corruption <=> conflicts of interest. My WSJ subscription is expensive though, and I find it a lot less useful lately.
Ah yes, the fist bump with MBS, I remember that! After getting turned down, I think they asked Venezuela for oil help.
Yes, you're right about the media blackout in the U.S. My only remaining news sources for non-U.S. news were the Wall Street Journal (people don't read it for world news, but they do light but original reporting), World Socialist WS, and al Jazeera. Wire services like AP and Reuters are useless, because they're in Goebbels mode, same as CNN and Fox. Sadly, WSJ is worthless too now, with constant propaganda (e.g. "brave Azov and Svoboda warriors!" and silence about increasing food bank usage) although half of the reader community is in open revolt. WSJ has cracked down by CENSORING wrong-speak subscriber comments!
Yes, I understand. You were trying to be genuinely helpful in what you wrote. Same thing happens for me: No four letter words, no URLs (links), I stay on topic, yet my comment gets "held for review", never to be released. I often read the comments more closely than the articles because readers point out and discuss errors of fact. Or, they will answer questions about something that the article got totally muddled. I've subscribed for about 10 years. The archival content is really useful. Also, WSJ will report on things that are directly relevant to me for work, e.g. the coup thing at the FDIC last year. It should have been of great concern to lots of people! (Compliance Week is like a gossip column, didn't even mention it.) It would have been possible if Obama, Trump, or Biden had kept up with appointing directors for vacancies, plus observing term limits. But it is all falling apart. We had lots of really good bank regulators. Like everything else in government and business, they seem to be filling up with nepotism, favoritism, and corruption <=> conflicts of interest. My WSJ subscription is expensive though, and I find it a lot less useful lately.
Ah yes, the fist bump with MBS, I remember that! After getting turned down, I think they asked Venezuela for oil help.