MSNBC host Joy Reid this week employed the same excuse as so many other public figures who have been embarrassed by something they had written online: she said she was hacked.But after widespread skepticism regarding her claims, Reid and her employer went further than most of those humiliated celebrities, providing analysis from her own cybersecurity consultant, who said that old, homophobic posts that appeared to have been published on Reid's now-shuttered blog were indeed the result of nefarious activity.Reid, a liberal pundit who hosts a program every weekend on MSNBC, said Monday that a number of posts unearthed by a Twitter user were placed online by an "external party."The claim was met with immediate and widespread skepticism; the doubt shifted to derision on Tuesday afternoon, when a representative for the Wayback Machine, a digital archive that stores old content, said that a review "found nothing to indicate tampering or hacking of the Wayback Machine versions."The backlash … [Read more...] about MSNBC pushes findings that support Joy Reid’s claim of fabricated homophobic blog posts
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More Joy Reid Anti-Gay Writings Discovered — MSNBC Host Claims Site was Hacked
Joy Reid’s old blog, The Reid Report (2000-2014), is littered with even more anti-gay posts than were originally discovered, reports the far-left blog Mediate. The MSNBC host is claiming these latest discoveries were not written by her, but by hackers as a means “to taint my character.” Earlier this year, Reid admitted to authoring a number of posts on her old site that mercilessly ridiculed then-Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist as a homosexual (even after he married a woman). Reid was clearly using homosexuality as a pejorative, as a weapon of ridicule, so the left-wing MSNBC anchor’s homophobia has already been well- established.Nevertheless, after she apologized for this (and because she is not a conservative), Reid was allowed to resume a media career that traffics in conspiracy theories, race-baiting, and uninformed Trump-bashing. Here are some the new finds on Reid’s old site that she claims she did not write:Keeping it real … most … [Read more...] about More Joy Reid Anti-Gay Writings Discovered — MSNBC Host Claims Site was Hacked
MSNBC’s surging ratings fuel Democratic optimism
Democratic strategists are seeing a new reason for optimism about the midterms: soaring ratings for liberal-leaning MSNBC. Fox News and CNN both lost viewers from the first quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018 — dropping 16 percent and 13 percent, respectively — as did pretty much every major cable network, according to Nielsen. MSNBC, on the other hand, surged to a 30 percent gain in the same period.Story Continued Below While Fox News held its standing as cable TV’s No. 1 network both for total day and prime time, MSNBC finished second in both categories, enthusing Democrats who see the rise of the network — powered by the liberal commentary of star host Rachel Maddow — not just as a reflection of energy within their base, but as a tool to help candidates in the coming elections. “You saw all the money that Doug Jones was able to raise online” in his successful Senate race in Alabama, said Democratic strategist Pete Giangreco. … [Read more...] about MSNBC’s surging ratings fuel Democratic optimism
Tim Cook outlines Apple’s view on privacy, encryption in MSNBC interview
Cook: The only way to protect your data is to encrypt it. There is no other way known today. And so, if I were you, I would do business with no one that wasn't doing that. Now, it is a thorny issue from a law enforcement point of view, because they may want to know what you're saying, and I don't have access to what you're saying. And my view is kind of simple, is I don't think that you as a user expect me to know what you're telling people, right?Hayes: Right.Cook: I'm not eavesdropping on your messages and on your phone calls, and don't think I should be in that position. And so, if they tried to compel us, as they did 2 years ago - they tried to force us to create a piece of software that would have it stolen, opened hundreds of millions of iPhones in the world. We said, "Hey, there's lots of things technology can do. That one shouldn't be done. It should never be created." And so we refused. They said, "You can't refuse. We can make you do it." We said, "No, you can't. It's against … [Read more...] about Tim Cook outlines Apple’s view on privacy, encryption in MSNBC interview
MSNBC’s interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook airs tonight at 8PM ET
Last week, details from Tim Cook's interview with MSNBC and Recode's Kara Swisher emerged ahead of its airing, and boy, did he have some choice words for Facebook. When asked about the social network's mess with Cambridge Analytica, the Apple CEO said: "We've never believed that these detailed profiles of people, that have incredibly deep personal information that is patched together from several sources, should exist." The cable news network will broadcast the full talk tonight at 8PM ET. … [Read more...] about MSNBC’s interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook airs tonight at 8PM ET