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Re:A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor by diminoten on Monday August 05, 2013 @12:34AM (#6158498)
My whole assertion is that they've done none of the former.
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Re:A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor by mcantelon on Monday August 05, 2013 @01:33AM (#6158627)
They've done no reporting/analysis?

They reported a CIA officials stated interest in using consumer devices for intelligence gathering. Their analysis of that was to presume it would be abused.

It may not be deep reporting or analysis, but your suggestion that they should be fined would be more in line with how Russia runs things than the media culture of the West.

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Re:A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor by diminoten on Monday August 05, 2013 @11:05AM (#6160513)
Yes, it's not deep, and it's not Russia, it's Canada[0]. This reporting is very misleading.

[0] http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/5123-fox-news...

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Re:A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor by mcantelon on Monday August 05, 2013 @01:32PM (#6161481)
The "lies" they're talking about are willful fabrications, not speculative analysis.

Fox News deliberately aired lies about the contents of milk in the US. They went to court to defend their right to lie.

http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html

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Re:A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor by diminoten on Monday August 05, 2013 @05:04PM (#6163025)
I'm saying their speculative analysis is approaching (and surpassing) the line between "analysis" and "fabrication", and they should be punished for it.
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