A Short History of Blaming 'Hackers' For Pretty Much Everything
A Short History of Blaming 'Hackers' For Pretty Much Everything
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
April 30, 201810m 16s
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Show Notes
This week, MSNBC host Joy Reid has found herself embroiled in a familiar controversy. Twitter user @Jamie_Maz—for the second time—surfaced a number of homophobic posts, from the early aughts, on Reid's now defunct blog, the Reid Report. In response, Reid has turned to a recognizable scapegoat: hackers. Reid isn't the first public figure to blame hackers for her alleged misdeeds online.
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