[ExI] john was right

[Stuart LaForge]

On 2026-09-25 06:21, spike jones via extropy-chat wrote:
> ...> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> 
>> 
>>> ... Ben did anyone tell CNN and MSNOW they aren't where they are now?
> 
> https://www.ms.now/news/ms-now-cnn-politico-journalists-white-house-access-ruling
> 
>> ...You mean weren't blocked from covering thursday's meeting with Xi 
>> Jinping? Ben
> 
> Both CNN and MSNOW covered that story.  They already told us the whole 
> thing was a failure.  We knew that before anyone wrote a word: commies 
> can't be trusted.
> 
> CNN, MSNOW and Politico have their press credentials back.  Now they 
> know their credentials cannot be removed for writing negative stories 
> on the current administration, those organizations are free to write 
> whatever they want without fear of repercussions.  One would think they 
> would take advantage of their new freedom to write what they really 
> feel, in order to save their market share, which has swooned.  Their 
> coverage today is not noticeably different than before.  Ben would not 
> one think those news outlets would start to write negative stories now 
> that they are free to do so?  Very puzzling.


With regard to John's claim that 2025 would be the last "normal year", I 
would exhibit that the following is an unusual development.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/23/unga-sam-altman-dario-amodei

I mean I have heard of CEOs of certain companies being called before 
congress from time to time. This is near as I can tell the first time 
that such CEOs have been called before the United Nations Security 
Council.

Stuart LaForge