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Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking
Was former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson's computer hacked? Earlier claims that it was are being scoffed at by some security experts, after looking at cellphone video she has released intended to demonstrate that an intruder was deleting files. The video, say various commentators, may instead just indicate a stuck or faulty backspace key. It could be that both things are true (a stuck backspace key, as well as malicious intrusion targeting Attkisson for her political reporting), but it would be helpful to know more of the details on which CBS's (unnamed) hired experts concluded that her machine was breached.
Media Matters is no more and no less than a leftist propaganda outlet. I'm not insulting them by saying that, it's actually their entire mission. If Obama stepped in front of a camera and mooned the nation, it would be their job to spin it in a positive way.
That said, I have no problem with taking a hard line on Attkisson's claims. Extraordinary demands and extraordinary evidence and all that sort of thing. So why not find a journalistic outlet instead? Example of MM spin: they quote "experts" who claim that TLAs wouldn't do any hacking that Attkisson could see, because they would have the ability to do it invisibly. But Attkisson claims that intelligence agent(s) were actively trying to intimidate and shut her up, and get her to stop pursuing sensitive stories. So maybe a hacker was showing off in front of her. As a kid I did this to my sibling's computer, so it's not so crazy to me. But on that note it is admittedly an adolescent sort of thing to do, so while I don't totally dismiss her claims, I'm skeptical and want to hear/see more.