{"id":39725,"date":"2014-02-10T07:53:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39725"},"modified":"2014-02-10T07:55:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T12:55:45","slug":"marine-corps-times-censored-at-base-exchanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39725","title":{"rendered":"Marine Corps Times censored at base exchanges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy sends us a link to the Marine Corps Times<\/a> which is complaining that the Commandant of the Corps has directed base exchange facilities to end their displays of the Marine Corps Times near the checkout registers, because the Times has been relentless in their coverage of the story of the Commandant’s undue influence on the urinating Marines case.<\/p>\n

The commandant\u2019s office punted all questions, including whether Amos was involved in the decision to move Marine Corps Times from prominent display in the exchanges,to Manpower & Reserve Affairs, which has oversight of the exchange. A spokeswoman for Manpower & Reserve Affairs said the paper was moved as part of a plan to \u201cprofessionalize\u201d the front of the exchanges.<\/p>\n

Fiscal guidance for 2014, issued Oct. 22, specifically prohibits commands from using operations and maintenance funds for purchasing subscriptions to Marine Corps Times, which is part of the Military Times network and owned by Gannett, one of the world\u2019s largest media corporations.<\/p>\n

The order to move the paper from checkout areas came six weeks later. Distributors were given a variety of reasons. One was told it was due to business performance, though the paper is one of, if not the top-selling publications in Marine Corps exchanges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, it’s petty and small of the commandant to do that, but guess what? Bloggers have been dealing with censorship for years. TAH has been blocked from some networks (mostly Army) since about 2009 as “extremists” because of our criticism of Pentagon leadership (if you could call it that). It hasn’t hindered our growth or stifled our message. And we never even mention it, let alone write a big whining piece about how we’re mistreated. Get over it, Times. If your entire business model relies on sales at the register in 2014, you need to rewrite your business model.<\/p>\n

It’s crappy that the brass would do that, but you’d think a newspaper called the Marine Corps Times could adapt and overcome to this new challenge without whining about it. But then, I’ve been having a running gun fight with Tobias Naegle, the editor in chief of the Military Times, when he tried to get me fired from a non-paying job over some petty shit, so I’m not at all surprised that his subordinates are whining about this instead of planning around the new barrier to their sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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