Re: [cryptome] Re: U.S. Hacked Into Iran’s Critical Civilian Infrastr ucture For Massive Cyberattack

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:30:59 -0500 Michael Best wrote:

If being "gov-friendly" is by itself enough to cast suspicion of bias,

Being gov't friendly doesn't cast any SUSPICION. It means you ARE outright biased.

then the same should be assumed of all "gov-unfriendly" outlets.

I would quibble that being 'biased' against an organization composed of criminal shitbags (your government) isn't really 'bias', rather it's the outcome of accurate judgment.

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:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well

See also non-contradiction. See also morality. J.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:22 AM, John Young wrote:

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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:

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