If being "gov-friendly" is by itself enough to cast suspicion of bias,
   then the same should be assumed of all "gov-unfriendly" outlets.
   That's why it's important to look at the data. The source shouldn't be
   ignored, but analysis shouldn't begin and end with that.
   See also:
   [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
   [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well
   On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:22 AM, John Young <[3]jya@pipeline.com>
   wrote:

     Maybe, maybe more cyberwar milking pretense.
     Gibney is a gov-friendly outlet. So is James Ball.
     At 08:04 AM 2/16/2016, you wrote:

     <[4]http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-
     civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.bs1KQY7Nr>[5]http://www.buzzfeed.com
     /jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for
     -ma#.bs1KQY7Nr

References

   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well
   3. mailto:jya@pipeline.com
   4. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.bs1KQY7Nr
   5. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.bs1KQY7Nr