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Holy Hyperbolic Link Bait! How does the article lead with: "Hackers broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a syste
by dfc 14y ago
Holy Hyperbolic Link Bait! How does the article lead with:
"Hackers broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands, according to defense and intelligence officials familiar with the incident."
And five or six sentences later quotes a White House Official:
"This was a spear phishing attack against an unclassified network."
Since when are unclassified networks the most sensitive networks?
EDIT: While reading the article I was questioning the lack of professional writing (how many times do you want to introduce and explain the WHMO) and credible reporting (Why you no linky to other "reports" and "disclosures" regarding the attack?). After slogging through the article again I decided to see who exactly "the free beacon" is. A lot of of my questions regarding the poor writing and lack of credible sources were answered on the "about us page." There is a reason why this article on cyberwar does not read like a piece by Markoff or Sanger and it is the same reason that you will not see George Will or Chris Wallace discussing this article next Sunday on the news shows. This has very little to do with journalism:
"The Washington Free Beacon, a project of the 501(c)4 Center for American Freedom, is a nonprofit online newspaper that began publication on February 7, 2012. Dedicated to uncovering the stories that the professional left hopes will never see the light of day,"
I do not wish to start a debate over the politics of big media. I am mentioning the background of this website so that you may put this "reporting" into a larger context.