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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'

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.

kelseyfrog 7mo ago
In the same vein as, "it's the police who create crime."
- soraminazuki 7mo ago
  They literally do. There's been numerous cases of undercover cops manipulating mentally ill people into committing crimes they otherwise wouldn't have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwJFuntco4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwJFuntco4
  - IAmBroom 7mo ago
    Not to mention planting evidence, fabricating claims made to the courts, and so on. And coveting thy neighbor's lemon pound cake.
ProAm 7mo ago
Crime, fraud, bribery, assaults, supreme court tampering, supreme court buy outs, government waste, the list is long for the program at hand.
beloch 7mo ago
"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." ---------- Limit badspeak. Boost goodspeak.
mandeepj 7mo ago
Reminds me of - Stop the testing to reduce Covid cases. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-joking-slowing-coronavirus-testing-335459 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-joking-slowin...
- AgentOrange1234 7mo ago
  I remember thinking this was ridiculous when he said it. It's wild how it ended up being the ultimate approach.
brookst 7mo ago
Yep. Same reason going to the doctor is fatal. A cancer diagnosis is terrifying and correlates to dying of cancer. Why would anyone take the risk?
thinkcontext 7mo ago
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.

kelseyfrog 7mo ago

In the same vein as, "it's the police who create crime."

soraminazuki 7mo ago
They literally do. There's been numerous cases of undercover cops manipulating mentally ill people into committing crimes they otherwise wouldn't have. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwJFuntco4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqwJFuntco4
- IAmBroom 7mo ago
  Not to mention planting evidence, fabricating claims made to the courts, and so on. And coveting thy neighbor's lemon pound cake.

ProAm 7mo ago

Crime, fraud, bribery, assaults, supreme court tampering, supreme court buy outs, government waste, the list is long for the program at hand.

beloch 7mo ago

"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." ---------- Limit badspeak. Boost goodspeak.

mandeepj 7mo ago

Reminds me of - Stop the testing to reduce Covid cases. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-joking-slowing-coronavirus-testing-335459 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/23/trump-joking-slowin...

AgentOrange1234 7mo ago
I remember thinking this was ridiculous when he said it. It's wild how it ended up being the ultimate approach.

brookst 7mo ago

Yep. Same reason going to the doctor is fatal. A cancer diagnosis is terrifying and correlates to dying of cancer. Why would anyone take the risk?

thinkcontext 7mo ago

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.