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Mods, can the title be changed to reflect clarification? It was a laptop owned by the utility - not the actual power grid http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/sto

by cududa 10y ago

Mods, can the title be changed to reflect clarification? It was a laptop owned by the utility - not the actual power grid http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/vermont/2016/12/30/russia-hacked-us-grid-through-burlington-electric/96024326/ http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/vermont/...

StanislavPetrov 10y ago
Not just that, the title is completely inaccurate. The most relevant part of the articles title, "OFFICIALS SAY" is absent. Its the difference between: WMD found in Iraq. and WMD found in Iraq, officials say.
- bendoernberg 10y ago
  Not to nitpick but do you have a source for officials saying that WMD's were found in Iraq? Obviously US officials said that intelligence pointed towards Iraq having them, but I'm not aware of any statements like "we found chemical weapons in _____." Edit: Based on the downvotes I guess this appeared to be nitpicking, but if we're going to use Iraqi WMD's as the canonical example of why we can't rely on statements from the government, seems like we should make sure we don't change the facts to fit a narrative either.
  - lobotryas 10y ago
    You are being downvoted because you missed the point. He's not claiming that anyone ever said anything about WMDs. He's just using that as an example. It's the equivalent of: UFO seen over AREA 51 and UFO seen over AREA 51, officials say
  - chenelson 10y ago
    It is rabbit hole speak; not you, per se--the downvotes. #vote.
- brentm 10y ago
  > Not just that, the title is completely inaccurate. The most relevant part of the articles title, "OFFICIALS SAY" is absent. For what it's worth I copy & pasted the title from Wash Po at time of submission. I had to drop "officials say" because of the space restrictions on the HN submission form.
dang 10y ago
Ok, we took a shot at it. If anyone suggests a more accurate and neutral title, we can change it again.

by cududa 10y ago

StanislavPetrov 10y ago

Not just that, the title is completely inaccurate. The most relevant part of the articles title, "OFFICIALS SAY" is absent. Its the difference between: WMD found in Iraq. and WMD found in Iraq, officials say.

bendoernberg 10y ago
Not to nitpick but do you have a source for officials saying that WMD's were found in Iraq? Obviously US officials said that intelligence pointed towards Iraq having them, but I'm not aware of any statements like "we found chemical weapons in _____." Edit: Based on the downvotes I guess this appeared to be nitpicking, but if we're going to use Iraqi WMD's as the canonical example of why we can't rely on statements from the government, seems like we should make sure we don't change the facts to fit a narrative either.
- lobotryas 10y ago
  You are being downvoted because you missed the point. He's not claiming that anyone ever said anything about WMDs. He's just using that as an example. It's the equivalent of: UFO seen over AREA 51 and UFO seen over AREA 51, officials say
- chenelson 10y ago
  It is rabbit hole speak; not you, per se--the downvotes. #vote.
brentm 10y ago
> Not just that, the title is completely inaccurate. The most relevant part of the articles title, "OFFICIALS SAY" is absent. For what it's worth I copy & pasted the title from Wash Po at time of submission. I had to drop "officials say" because of the space restrictions on the HN submission form.

dang 10y ago

Ok, we took a shot at it. If anyone suggests a more accurate and neutral title, we can change it again.