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Diebold Demands That HBO Cancel Documentary

Frosty Piss writes "According to the Bloomberg News, Diebold Inc. is insisting that HBO cancel a documentary that questions the integrity of its voting machines, calling the program inaccurate and unfair. The program, 'Hacking Democracy,' is scheduled to debut Thursday, five days before the 2006 U.S. midterm elections. The film claims that Diebold voting machines aren't tamper-proof and can be manipulated to change voting results. 'Hacking Democracy' is 'replete with material examples of inaccurate reporting,' says Diebold. 'We stand by the film," said a spokesman for HBO. 'We have no intention of withdrawing it from our schedule. It appears that the film Diebold is responding to is not the film HBO is airing.'"

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  1. Re:Self-inflicted wounds........ by drDugan · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    no, I think the words he meant were "was STOLEN" - but (I would assume) his intellectual honesty lead him to hedge his language because he knew he doesn't have evidence himself.

    However, the evidence does exist and has been published. For you - read this:
    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/1171710 5/robert_f_kennedy_jr__will_the_next_election_be_h acked
    for first hand accounts of memory card transfers in 2004, in Diebold machines, from an insider/whistleblower.

    The Left has to grow up and start calling a spade a spade - by asserting the TRUTH directly and clearly, without blame of judgment: The Neocon executive leadership in the US are criminals, their actions undermine the tenets of Democracy, and they need to be reigned in, now (as in arraignment).