NBC is pushing the opinion that it's a mistake for Sweden and Finland to join NATO.

[tavernier]

WTH???????

Having greater strength against Russia deters Putin and his gangsters from their push to occupy every country in their reach. Everyone else agrees. What does NBC owe to Putin for pushing this kaka?

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/turkey-sweden-finland-nato-membership-is-bad-for-us-rcna35786

[Lovie777]

1. Whatever ......

[maxsolomon]

34. "By Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, U.S. Army, retired"

Publishing is not "pushing".

[MarineCombatEngineer]

42. Ok.

And this retired USMC MGySgt says accepting these 2 Nordic countries into the alliance is the right thing to do.
Hell, my opinion is just as valid as his.

I agree, publishing is not pushing, but it can begin to be pushing if he keeps on writing negative opinions on this topic.

[Earth-shine]

2. I'm watching Morning Joe on MSNBC.

They just had a retired general on screen speaking in detail about how great this will be, with Joe Scar agreeing.

He spoke about the modern militaries of Sweeden and Finland, and their strategic positions in relation to the arctic and Russia.

They are all for it.

[tavernier]

7. Me too and it felt like finally some good news.

And then NBC had to add their other opinion.

[gab13by13]

3. The MSM is owned and managed by domestic oligarchs.

[mathematic]

39. What powerful "oligarchs" to have no influence or role in policy

Finland and Sweden will be overwhelmingly approved for NATO by the Senate. If you're saying American "oligarchs" are opposed to that then rejoice! the oligarchy has fallen and democracy has once again taken hold in America.

[Kaleva]

4. It's an opinion piece and clearly identified as such

If you tried to post that in LBN , it'd get locked fast

[tavernier]

6. I know it was an opinion piece

But it felt like just another slap at Biden by the media.

[Amishman]

27. Free speech means seeing things published that we disagree with

at least it was clearly labeled as an opinion piece and not framed as unbiased or factual.

[LAS14]

22. OK. I tried Google and Urban Dictionary. What's LBN? nt

[tavernier]

25. Latest Breaking News forum here on DU.

[GoCubsGo]

5. All of NBC, or just one of their guests?

They love their bothsiderism.

[Ocelot II]

8. It's an opinion piece, and you know what they say about opinions.

Davis appears on Fox and has co-authored with Tulsi Gabbard, so you know where he’s coming from.

[vanlassie]

9. Victor?

[Ocelot II]

23. ?

[VMA131Marine]

10. The person who wrote that is a clown

“Up to now, if a war ever broke out between NATO and Russia, both Finland and Sweden would have been protected by their neutral status.”

Sure! Ask Belgium and the Netherlands how their neutral status worked out in WWII. Switzerland only escaped because their banking system helped enable the Nazi regime.

[Ocelot II]

11. Finland would disagree, I think.

[Jose Garcia]

32. Finland lost 10% of its territory and had to pay reparations to the USSR

[JoanofArgh]

16. He's been on Fox News a lot. No surprise.

[Mike Nelson]

12. Huh?

... watching mostly NBC this AM - they and CNN have not had any "mistake" views expressed.

[ananda]

13. NBC and MSNBC are lost to us now.

...

[brooklynite]

14. Publishing ONE opinion piece is not "pushing an opinion".

Do you seriously believe that NBC has a corporate position on who should be in NATO?

[tavernier]

17. I believe that they enjoy stirring the pot.

They employ Rachel Maddow, but they also employ Andrea Mitchell.

[brooklynite]

28. Only a handful of people know Sweden and Finland are applying to NATO

...and fewer care. The only nation that generates buzz is Ukraine.

[tavernier]

29. Well I would beg to disagree.

This decision is a tremendous sigh of relief to the Baltic nations, and there are a great deal of people who are United States citizens whose ancestry is from Latvia Lithuania and Estonia. Many are still first generation from World War II, and their children and grandchildren retain their traditions and vigorously support their ancestry; Many many more than a handful of people who don’t really care.

[brooklynite]

30. And they're going to be agitated because ONE network posted ONE op-ed...

...that questioned whether Sweden or Finland should join?

[LAS14]

21. I totally agree. nt

[JoanofArgh]

15. I googled this guy. He co-authored a piece with Tulsi Gabbard and has

been on Fox News a lot. Particularly the Jesse Watters Show. Why NBC would publish an opinion piece from this right wing hack, I don't know.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

18. He works for...

Defense Priorities, which is....

Allies of Rand Paul, Koch take aim at hawks

Sen. Rand Paul‘s vision of a less militaristic foreign policy got little traction in the GOP primaries, but some of his key backers are joining forces with associates of billionaire Charles Koch in a fresh effort to steer Washington away from interventions in overseas wars.

They’re launching a think tank, the Defense Priorities Foundation, that seeks to elevate national security policies that are decidedly out of the mainstream of Republican — and even some Democratic — foreign policy thinking, featuring a significantly greater reluctance to assert military force or even impose sanctions on nations such as North Korea. The related Defense Priorities Initiative, meanwhile, is designed as the organization’s advocacy arm, which will seek to lobby Congress.

Among the architects of the nonprofit are William Ruger, a Navy Reserve officer who is the vice president for research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute. The institute is backed by the billionaire businessman and donor, who along with his brother David has poured millions into conservative political causes that champion lower taxes and lighter regulations.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/rand-paul-charles-koch-think-tank-224099

[JoanofArgh]

19. Thanks for the info.

[tavernier]

24. Thanks guys.

Early this morning when I googled Finland Sweden NATO, that was the first article that came up, so apparently NBC did feel it was relevant.

[LAS14]

20. NBC's not pushing it. They're hosting different opinions. I think that's good. nt

[tavernier]

31. Good for you.

I prefer to value and and praise every positive development that allows NATO to defend Europe from Putin.

[LAS14]

43. Good for all of us to have a MSM that has as a value reporting all sides. Not both-and-ism...

... but not keeping us in an echo-chamber like NewsMax.

[ornotna]

33. Not just anyone's opinion

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/rand-paul-charles-koch-think-tank-224099

Rand Paul and Charles Koch are behind this nonsense.

[tavernier]

35. Of course

And they try to devalue the progress that Biden and the European leaders have been struggling for months to achieve and maintain. The fact that there are people here in DU who try to poo-poo us for calling it out just makes me wonder.

[Takket]

36. I think Sweden and Finland know better than some pro Putin jackass that writes an oped

[moondust]

37. Oh sure. "PPPP"

"Pander to Putin's Pretentious Paranoia"

Pooty knows he will not be able to subsume NATO countries like he's trying to do to Ukraine for his "rebuild the Russian Empire" vanity project.

[ripcord]

38. So only opinions that match your have any place in the media?

[tavernier]

40. No, but I'd like them to match the truth.

But obviously not everyone cares about that.