Charlie Savage has a great review in the New Yorker, pitting Oliver Stone’s Snowden movie against Edward Jay Epstein’s book (and astutely noting that these two have battled before over JFK history, which presumably explains the use of “Soviet” in the title)…
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CIA’s New Rules for Collecting Information on Americans…
The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday unveiled revised rules for collecting, analyzing and storing information on American citizens, updating the rules for the information age and publishing them in full for the first time. The guidelines are designed “in a manner that protects the privacy and civil rights of the American people”…
Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence…
President Barack Obama has shortened the prison sentence of former Army private and whistleblower Chelsea Manning, She will be released on May 17, instead of remaining in military custody until 2045 as originally sentenced. Manning had leaked to WikiLeaks thousands of US government documents that came to be known as the Iraq War Logs and…
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Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out…
With mere days left before President-elect Donald Trump takes the White House, President Barack Obama’s administration just finalized rules to make it easier for the nation’s intelligence agencies to share unfiltered information about innocent people…
No, RT News Did Not Hack C-Span1 Today…
In a strange “hostile takeover” of state TV broadcasters, not to mention a bizarre moment of startling symmetry with the current state of American politics, C-SPAN, the public affairs network that broadcasts political proceedings the United States House of Representatives and Senate, was interrupted by a live feed of Russian TV channel, RT, formerly known […]
Facebook Starting Journalism Project to Improve Relationship With Media…
Facebook is launching a journalism project aimed at forging closer relationships with news organizations in a step toward becoming more involved in content management for the site. The social media platform announced the proposal Wednesday that includes providing users with “trustworthy” information and training audiences in “news literacy” to better identify fake news…
Democrats Didn’t Stand a Chance Against Russia’s Elite Hackers. They’re That Good…
When Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chief received a bogus email that an elite Russian hacking unit allegedly sent, he clicked on its infected link, giving the hackers access to 58,000 or so emails. Such a hack is known as “spearphishing,” and it turns out to be only the simplest tool in a sophisticated Russian hacking […]
George Lucas’ $1B Museum of Narrative Art Has Found a Home…
The suspense has been as epic as “Star Wars,” but after months of intense speculation, George Lucas’ Museum of Narrative Art on Tuesday chose Los Angeles as its home over San Francisco. The filmmaker’s personal collection of fine and popular art, including ephemera related to his “Star Wars” franchise, will fill a futuristic new museum […]
Marissa Mayer Resigns From Yahoo Board; Yahoo To Be Renamed To Altaba…
Four-and-a-half years after taking over as CEO of Yahoo, the company announced today, via an 8-K that Marissa Mayer is resigning from the board. Additionally the comany’s name with be change to Altaba (well it’s better than ‘Bahoo’). It’s been a bumpy ride…
Just Believe Us…State Dept Says Revealing ‘Evidence’ of Russian Hacking to the Public Is ‘Irresponsible’…
As the State Department proclaimed “high confidence” in the findings, spokesman Kirby was asked by RT reporter Gayane Chichakyan…whether the public should have the same degree of confidence without being able to see evidence of the claims…He said that it was no surprise that “an unclassified version of a highly classified assessment” contained no evidence, […]
Watch How Casually False Claims are Published: New York Times and Nicholas Lemann Edition…
Like most people, I’ve long known that factual falsehoods are routinely published in major media outlets. But as I’ve pointed out before, nothing makes you internalize just how often it really happens, how completely their editorial standards so often fail, like being personally involved in a story that receives substantial media coverage…
CNN Is Now Least Trusted News Network Among Viewers…
A recent poll of cable news network viewers found that CNN’s regular audience is far more skeptical of the political news they receive than Fox News fans. In the poll published Wednesday by Rasmussen Reports, 1,000 likely voters were asked to describe their media viewing habits. Seventy-five percent said they watch at least some form […]
‘Fake News’ Is Over Now…
Remember a little while back, when you started hearing the term “fake news” a lot? It was around the time of the 2016 election. Specifically, it was right after the election. There were a lot of reasons for the Democrats’ loss, we were told. None of those reasons had anything to do with voters making […]
‘No Fireworks Because…’ — Kellyanne Clears The Air On DNI Report…
Kellyanne Conway took time away from her birthday on Sunday to tell CNN’s Jake Tapper that there were no “fireworks” in the National Intelligence report on the Russian election hacks…
Assanges Blasts ‘Embarrassing’ ODNI Report, Says ‘no evidence given’…
During a press conference Monday, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange criticized the recent ODNI report describing it as “quite embarrassing to the reputations of the US intelligence services.” He described the ODNI’s report as containing “zero evidentiary weight” and being “deliberately political”…
IBM Watson Replaces Insurance Claim Workers at Japanese Insurance Company…
Most of the attention around automation focuses on how factory robots and self-driving cars may fundamentally change our workforce, potentially eliminating millions of jobs. But AI that can handle knowledge-based, white-collar work are also becoming increasingly competent. One Japanese insurance company, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, is reportedly replacing…
KillDisk Ransomware Targeting Linux: Demands $250k Ransom, But Won’t Decrypt Files…
What you’ll do if Ransomware infects you? Should you pay or not to recover your files? Believe me, the FBI advises – Pay off the criminals to get your files back if you don’t have a backup. But paying off a ransom to cyber criminals is definitely not a wise option because there is no […]
Tech Founder: Middle America Is Too ‘Violent, Stupid And Racist’ For New Jobs…
Melinda Byerley, MBA and founder of Timeshare CMO, a Silicon Valley-based tech start-up, tweeted out Saturday afternoon describing what middle America could do to “get more jobs in their area.” Byerley says that the first thing those in middle America need to realize is that “no educated person wants to live in a shithole with […]
The U.S. Intel Report on Russian Hacking That Is Long on Innuendo, Short on Facts…
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WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News About Russia Threat While Public Is Deceived…
In the past six weeks, the Washington Post published two blockbuster stories about the Russian threat that went viral: one on how Russia is behind a massive explosion of “fake news,” the other on how it invaded the U.S. electric grid. Both articles were fundamentally false. Each now bears a humiliating editor’s note grudgingly acknowledging…
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