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> 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 K
by 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.