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.

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

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

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