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Spencer Ackerman is a stellar reporter with over 15 years experience writing for TNR, Wired, and The Guardian. He's gotten a huge of scoops on the national secu
by dbt00 9y ago
Spencer Ackerman is a stellar reporter with over 15 years experience writing for TNR, Wired, and The Guardian. He's gotten a huge of scoops on the national security beat throughout the years and none of his reporting has ever been called into question.
- saas_co_de 9y ago> none of his reporting has ever been called into question In 2013, Ackerman was forced to take down one of his Wired stories on what he claimed was a "North Korean propaganda video", after it was revealed the film was a satire video by British travel writer Alun Hill.[16] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Ackerman
- dbt00 9y agoPoint taken. He was once taken in by a popular hoax and wrote a post on his wired blog about it, after which he apologized on twitter. https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/311868261945978881 https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/311868261945978881 To remind everyone where the plot is, I was responding to this phrase: > Yeah, I am sure The Daily Beast got this story because they are such a well respected journalistic outlet. None of his sourced reporting has ever been called into question. The original commenter was way off base with this insinuation.
- equalunique 9y agoPerhaps this new Daily Beast story is evidence he has been taken in by another hoax.