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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. Media Dangerously Regurgitated Government Claims About North Korea and Sony
via truthdig:
By reflexively and uncritically repeating the Obama administrations unsubstantiated claim that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures, the U.S. establishment press once again revealed itself to be a mouthpiece forrather than a check onpower, and thus a danger to public security, Glenn Greenwald wrote at The Intercept on Thursday.
Greenwald began his critique by quoting President Obamas Dec. 19 announcement that we can confirm that North Korea engaged in this attack, that the U.S. will respond, and that we cannot have a society in which some dictator someplace can start imposing censorship here in the United States.
Two days before the announcement, The New York Times corruptly granted anonymity to senior administration officials to disseminate their inflammatory claims with no accountability.
With virtually no skepticism about the official accusation, reporters David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth deemed the incident a cyberterrorism attack and devoted the bulk of the article to examining the retaliatory actions the government could take against the North Koreans. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/us_media_dangerously_regurgitated_government_claims_about_north_20150102
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U.S. Media Dangerously Regurgitated Government Claims About North Korea and Sony (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2015
OP
There have been a lot of doubts raised about whether North Korea was behind that hack.
Comrade Grumpy
Jan 2015
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)1. There have been a lot of doubts raised about whether North Korea was behind that hack.
But that hasn't stopped us from imposing new sanctions and, most likely, engineering a cyber warfare attack on them.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)2. Of course...
Since Greenwald gets paid for being a mouthpiece for Russian power, is he really in a position to call anyone out? Especially since Greenwald by his own admission did no research whatsoever into Omdiyar's political background before being his lapdog?
Doesn't Greenwald frequently grant anonymity to dubious government sources when it serves his purpose??
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)3. I'm still scratching my head
from wiki:
Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社 Sonī Kabushiki Gaisha?), commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
And, lots of accusations but still no evidence. Let the client state fight its own wars.