2016.12.31 Russians hack our power grid

WaPo invented that the Russians were responsible for a Vermont PowerGrid attack. Debunked. Then they botched the rewrite. Amid rising tension over the DNC's fake Trump Russian Collusion narrative, WaPo (Ellen Nakashima and Juliet Eilperin) invented that the Russians were also responsible for a Vermont PowerGrid attack. The Utility denied the claim, and WaPo tries to blame them, and claims they'd contacted them, and rewrites the story... but botches the rewrite as well. And it appears that they lied about trying to contact the power companies, and hadn't done their due diligence. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-01-20

Amid rising tension over the DNC's fake Trump Russian Collusion narrative, WaPo (Ellen Nakashima and Juliet Eilperin) invented that the Russians were also responsible for a Vermont PowerGrid attack. The Utility denied the claim, and WaPo tries to blame them, and claims they'd contacted them, and rewrites the story... but botches the rewrite as well. And it appears that they lied about trying to contact the power companies, and hadn't done their due diligence.

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Fake News While the term goes back 100 years, the history is summed up well by Sharyl Attkisson.

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• The original story: http://web.archive.org/web/20161231011622/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont/2016/12/30/8fc90cc4-ceec-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html
• Revision: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-do-not-appear-to-have-targeted-vermont-utility-say-people-close-to-investigation/2017/01/02/70c25956-d12c-11e6-945a-76f69a399dd5_story.html?utm_term=.85bad9a530e9

Botched:

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2017/01/02/how-the-washington-posts-defense-of-its-russian-hacking-story-unraveled-through-web-archiving/#520b7ec2bc1a
• https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/03/the-washington-posts-incredibly-botched-story-on-russian-hacking/
• http://hotair.com/archives/2017/01/04/the-collapse-of-the-wapo-russians-hacking-the-power-grid-story-wasnt-just-an-accident/

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