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Definitely. For example, compare these two Wired articles about the possibility of rigging the US election by hacking voting systems: https://www.wired.com/201
by makomk 10y ago
Definitely. For example, compare these two Wired articles about the possibility of rigging the US election by hacking voting systems:
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/wireds-totally-legit-guide-rigging-presidential-election/ https://www.wired.com/2016/10/wireds-totally-legit-guide-rig... was from before the election and claimed that it would be virtually impossible, would require a conspiracy of thousands to get past all the safeguards, and was ridiculous.
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/hacked-not-audit-election-rest/ https://www.wired.com/2016/11/hacked-not-audit-election-rest... after the election claims that actually, it's well established that they're hackable, and that the audits are so ineffective it's almost as though they're designed not to detect hacking.
Two completely contradictory positions, both backed up with an arsenal of facts and expert opinions and presented
as definite truth. All that changed is that the idea the election results could be hacked became anti-Trump rather than pro-Trump.