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Or option 3: Bloomberg is was fed false information by the US government to cultivate distrust of Chinese sourced electronics. Not a bad tactic if you want to p
by SoylentYellow 8y ago
Or option 3: Bloomberg is was fed false information by the US government to cultivate distrust of Chinese sourced electronics. Not a bad tactic if you want to prevent Chinese infiltration in sensitive industries while also using it for political and economic leverage.
- tralarpa 8y agoOption 4: Bloomberg is working on another story and the government is trying to taint their credibility by feeding them false information, so nobody will believe them when the real story comes out. (I just wanted to point out all options)
- jakobegger 8y agoOption 5: A journalist that really wants to land a scoop has a hunch that something is going on, and collects all the rumors and theories about hardware hacks, blurs the lines between speculation and facts, creates a plausible narrative that is too good to pass, and somehow persuades the editor that a dozen sketchy rumors must be enough to run a story.
- rbanffy 8y agoThat's why editors exist. Then, the journalist could also have been fed information that was fed to their leaky source in order to find out who the leaker would be. OTOH, no experienced intelligence professional would leak information they are not absolutely sure other people have.