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>"Seventeen individual sources, including government officials and insiders at the companies, confirmed the manipulation of hardware and other elements of the a

>"Seventeen individual sources, including government officials and insiders at the companies, confirmed the manipulation of hardware and other elements of the attacks." Is it possible that many of these sources received their information from others on that list of 17, propagating imperfect or inaccurate information? I'd assume it's standard practice for journalists to confirm that multiple sources aren't essentially from the same source, but this doesn't look great.

vmchale 8y ago
> I'd assume it's standard practice for journalists to confirm that multiple sources aren't essentially from the same source I do not believe it is.
- baq 8y ago
  When you drop a bomb of this size you'd better double check that. This case is exceptional and I'd like to believe it was treated accordingly by journalists.
sieabahlpark 8y ago
Lol. Clicks are the metric they care about.
- randyrand 8y ago
  you’re downvoted, but we should never forget the importance of this incentive
  - travmatt 8y ago
    If you think Bloomberg’s primary incentive is to sell newspapers then you should probably learn more about what Bloomberg actually is.
    - singularity2001 8y ago
      sorry for asking: what is the real incentive of Bloomberg? can I find the answer on Wikipedia?
      - theyinwhy 8y ago
        Yes, first sentence: "Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools"
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago
  > Clicks are the metric they care about Terminal sales are the metric Bloomberg cares about. SuperMicro was delisted from Nasdaq in August [1] after failing to meet its reporting reauirements “amid an ongoing audit committee investigation” [2]. This is a name already receiving attention from the analytic parts of Wall Street. Bloomberg has more to lose than BuzzFeed. [1] http://ir.supermicro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/supermicror-announces-suspension-trading-common-stock-nasdaq-and http://ir.supermicro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/... [2] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/super-micros-stock-set-to-be-delisted-as-filing-deadline-wont-be-met-2018-08-22 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/super-micros-stock-set-to-...

vmchale 8y ago

> I'd assume it's standard practice for journalists to confirm that multiple sources aren't essentially from the same source I do not believe it is.

baq 8y ago
When you drop a bomb of this size you'd better double check that. This case is exceptional and I'd like to believe it was treated accordingly by journalists.

sieabahlpark 8y ago

Lol. Clicks are the metric they care about.

randyrand 8y ago
you’re downvoted, but we should never forget the importance of this incentive
- travmatt 8y ago
  If you think Bloomberg’s primary incentive is to sell newspapers then you should probably learn more about what Bloomberg actually is.
  - singularity2001 8y ago
    sorry for asking: what is the real incentive of Bloomberg? can I find the answer on Wikipedia?
    - theyinwhy 8y ago
      Yes, first sentence: "Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools"
JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> Clicks are the metric they care about Terminal sales are the metric Bloomberg cares about. SuperMicro was delisted from Nasdaq in August [1] after failing to meet its reporting reauirements “amid an ongoing audit committee investigation” [2]. This is a name already receiving attention from the analytic parts of Wall Street. Bloomberg has more to lose than BuzzFeed. [1] http://ir.supermicro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/supermicror-announces-suspension-trading-common-stock-nasdaq-and http://ir.supermicro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/... [2] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/super-micros-stock-set-to-be-delisted-as-filing-deadline-wont-be-met-2018-08-22 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/super-micros-stock-set-to-...