It's more than protection. It's more extreme than that -- they're propagating his lies. (at least, that's how they stand without the proof to back it up)Quote:
Originally Posted by dave is ok
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It's more than protection. It's more extreme than that -- they're propagating his lies. (at least, that's how they stand without the proof to back it up)Quote:
Originally Posted by dave is ok
This is all a master plan by the Government, and you're all falling right into it!
tldr on the Wired stuff. Cliffsnotes?
It's kind of complicated. But the basic gist is that Some hacker guy, Adrian Lamo, has a writer at Wired that is totally gay for him. Lamo uses him for publicity and the writer, Poulson, has written about him a dozen times over the last decade. Somehow, said hacker guy gets information from Pvt. Manning about what he did in stealing the 250k cables and Apache video. Lamo turns him in, gives Wired chatlogs and whatnot. Wired publishes 25% of the chat logs and refuses to publish the rest, while Lamo is telling the NY Times and other news places stuff that supposedly was said but not published in the logs. Contradicts himself repeatedly. Wired refuses to confirm or deny whether any of the stuff is actually in the logs and attacks Salon writer for even questioning a.) the weird relationship between Lamo and Poulsen, b.) the remaining 75% of the logs, c.) glaring inconsistencies
http://gambit.mit.edu/updates/Freedom.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Nash
http://lparchive.org/Metal-Gear-Soli...s2_110_1c8.jpg
So the hacker guy turned the leaker in and he's friends with a guy from Wired? Aside from that being a bullshit move, what's the problem?
The problem lays with the claims of the hacker about Pvt. Manning. He's telling mishmashed stories all over the news, often contradicting himself. Glenn Greenwald (from the Salon) says Wired should release the remaining 75% of the chat logs (censoring private personal data, of course) to verify if what Lamo is saying is actually true instead of letting him smear Pvt. Manning without actually checking the truthfulness of his claims.
They are refusing. Greenwald says he's suspicious and believes the claims are not true. That's where we are right now. He's pressuring them to release the logs or flush their journalistic credibility down the shitter.
Wired has no journalistic integrity. I never took anything they said seriously. Keep talking about animu, buddies.
That may be so but they're still using what audience they have to spread information with no factual backing right now. Factual backing they allegedly "have".
Pay no attention, bad media goes away.