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Journalism isn't about "demanding verification" it's about getting it for yourself, and waiting until you have it before writing an article. Also, him saying "
by dimino 10y ago
Journalism isn't about "demanding verification" it's about getting it for yourself, and waiting until you have it before writing an article.
Also, him saying "false story" is, itself false, because the the facts are objectively true. Officials did say what they were quoted as saying, and the NYT changed the headline shortly after publishing the story, which is (like it or not) common practice in the industry. Glenn was party to it himself while at The Guardian.
It's just "weird" to me that there's a faction of people out there who don't believe that Russia infiltrated the DNC, and I think it's because they're politically motivated to not believe this to be the case.
There's never been such an ignorance driving security news before. It's alarming and completely out of left field.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoIt's equally unfathomable to me that there are people who take the Russia/DNC story as fact, even when no concrete evidence has been presented. That WaPo tries to throw fuel on the fire with by exaggerating a small morsel of truth (see: "RUSSIA HACKS U.S. POWER GRID") is even more concerning.
- dimino 10y agoWhat would you need to see to believe it happened? Be as specific as you can.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoSource please edit: Since you edited your original post - I would want to see the same report that Obama saw, the one that led his administration to go so far as saying Putin was "personally involved" in orchestrating the attack. Redact sensitive info/sources as necessary. Anything less makes it ludicrous to accuse a nuclear superpower of cyber warfare.
- dimino 10y agoI asked what specific piece of evidence is missing.
- cloakandswagger 10y agoYou did, after you edited the original post ("There is concrete evidence.") Have you even looked at the "evidence" out there so far? It's entirely circumstantial evidence put out by third party info sec groups.
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