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The Media Can’t Get Its Story Straight on Election Hacking
The Media Can’t Get Its Story Straight on Election Hacking
http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/10/17/media-election-hacking/
By: Dan Engelke
Date: 2016-10-17
In August, the corporate media was falling all over itself with breathless coverage on how Russia is interfering in the US election. Back then, stories citing experts suggested that voting machines were vulnerable to tampering that could change the outcome of the vote. A month later, something curious happened.
By September, government officials were doing all they could to tamp down those concerns, and the media duly reported their reassurances.
Should the public be comforted that election mischief will be homegrown?
The articles, usually citing active government officials, serve a dual purpose in reassuring the public: First, there is no way Russia can hack the election, despite cyber hacks in the Illinois and Arizona voter registration banks. Meanwhile, the message is also to insist Russian President Vladimir Putin is still giving orders to disrupt US cyberspace. This latter message culminated in the Obama administration publicly blaming the Russian government for trying to influence the election in early October.
Source: http://vaticproject.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-media-cant-get-its-story-straight.html
