▲ 195 ▼ The weirdest thing about American culture (lemmy.ml) submitted 3 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/funny@lemmy.ml 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) This is correct. By exposing some but not all of the picture, they get to manage the story, and steer it in acceptable directions. If its a full leak that's out of their control, then heads start rolling. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 9 points 3 months ago Yup, and another side of it is that having these disclosures lets defenders of the system say that there is transparency, and and that's why, despite the flaw, the system really does work overall. Sure, all these terrible things happen, but there is accountability, and disclosure, so really it's all fine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) This is correct. By exposing some but not all of the picture, they get to manage the story, and steer it in acceptable directions. If its a full leak that's out of their control, then heads start rolling. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 9 points 3 months ago Yup, and another side of it is that having these disclosures lets defenders of the system say that there is transparency, and and that's why, despite the flaw, the system really does work overall. Sure, all these terrible things happen, but there is accountability, and disclosure, so really it's all fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml [S] 9 points 3 months ago Yup, and another side of it is that having these disclosures lets defenders of the system say that there is transparency, and and that's why, despite the flaw, the system really does work overall. Sure, all these terrible things happen, but there is accountability, and disclosure, so really it's all fine. permalink fedilink source parent
