I only speak to writers for IEEE technical publications, at peer conferences, write my own pieces, or do first-person, live interviews on TV for this reason.
"Clear writers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever isn't plainly stated the reader will invariably misconstrue." - John R. Trimble I guess a modern paraphrase would be: "Clear speakers assume, with a pessimism born of experience, that whatever Can be twisted and misconstrued will invariably be so." Journalist:(n) One without the literary talent or credibility to write their own prose or be believed on their own, but the ability to twist others' beyond comprehension to suit their purposes. >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Gadi Evron >Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:42 PM >To: funsec >Subject: Re: [funsec] press trickery of the worst kind > >Update: >Mr. Harris sent me an email stating he sent in a correction >recommendation. Let's see what happens with it. > > > >Gadi Evron wrote: >> I spoke yesterday with one David Harris--I shouldn't have. He is a >> reporter for a Chinese publication and was writing a story on "cyber >> war" in the middle east. He was referenced by a friend so I was happy >to >> help him. >> >> I mentioned how whenever there are political and ethnic >> tensions--anywhere, cyber after-math follows. This often consists of >> silliness such as kids attacking with defacement and DDoS attacks. I >> also mentioned "warfare" is buzzword, hyped, over-kill which shouldn't >> be used lightly. >> >> At no point did I speak of Israel as a state. I told the reporter that >I >> don't work for the Israeli government these days and that I can't >> comment anyway as I know nothing about what Israel does or doesn't do. >> >> Here is what he wrote: >> >> "Gadi Evron, a private consultant formerly responsible for >security in >> Israeli government's non-military computer system, does not deny that >> his country has a large-scale activity using the Internet to disrupt >> enemy activities. He just tends to err when it comes to talk of the >more >> grandiose plots. " >> >> Even if I forgive him for calling me a consultant... >> I called the guy, and he said: "well, you did not deny it". >> >> Of course I did not deny it, how can I deny something I know nothing >> about? He may as well have said I didn't deny the Roswell landing and >> alien abductions. >> >> Immediately after what is referenced to me without quoting, he puts a >> quote which claims this even more vehemently. He then attributed it to >> someone else at the end of the paragraph almost as an after-thought: >> >> "While it is clear Israel has successfully used cyber-tactics >> against its enemies, it is harder to know to what extent Israel has >been >> hit, according to Dahan. " >> >> I don't know where Dahan comes up with his facts, but I my alarm bells >> should have ringed when the repoter, Mr. Harris, asked me about silly >> rumored conspiracy theories against the US government--they were so >> ridiculous I don't even remember what they were. >> >> Was this reporter just looking for a hit story, no matter if >> unsubstantiated and unprofessional, or is this some sort of agenda? >> >> This is trickery of the lowest sort, and yellow journalism if I've >ever >> seen such. Unless it was an honest mistake on the reporter's part--in >> which case I hope this is fixed soon. >> >> You can find his article, here: >> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/15/content_11709201.htm >> >> Gadi. >> >> > > >-- >Gadi Evron, >[email protected]. > >Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/ >_______________________________________________ >Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
