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Not saying the article is or isn't true, but how credible is Bloomberg as a news outlet these days after the SuperMicro story?
by rebelwebmaster 8y ago
Not saying the article is or isn't true, but how credible is Bloomberg as a news outlet these days after the SuperMicro story?
- drugme 8y agoQuite credible actually. Edit (now that the above post has been edited): I agree that the lack of an unequivocal follow-up to the SuperMicro story -- that is saying neither "we admit we screwed up" or "we stand by the main points of our original story" or even "we need more time to look into this pls" -- is quite troubling. Still, you have to look at their broader track record, compare them to other outlets in their weight class (nearly all of which, like the NYT in particular, have indulged in many more, and far greater follies). That and the fact that what they're reporting in this particular case is consistent with what we know to expect from Tesla/Musk after various other incidents.
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- tdhz77 8y agoI agree, very credible.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoWithout a retraction they have zero credibility.
- drugme 8y agoFine for you, but I'm not a black-or-white person. I would say their credibility stands at "significantly compromised", which is damning enough.
- praneshp 8y agoI have personally downgraded them to about TechCrunch level, but I haven't noticed a lot of questioning on HN.
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- fritzball 8y agoTesla did emerge without Elon
- brudgers 8y agoI found Bunnie Huang's talk on supply chain security a reasonable picture of the issues underlying the Bloomberg story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQhWitJ1As https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQhWitJ1As With the caveat that I find Bunnie Huang credible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Huang_(hacker) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Huang_(hacker)
- drugme 8y agoCan you TL;DR it for us, please? Specifically - does it make Bloomberg's telling of event more or less credible?
- thisacctforreal 8y agoHe talks about it very briefly at the end, but basically says it doesn't pass Occam's Razor: there are better ways to implement the hack which can't just be detected with visual inspection.