Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 2, 2015
By reflexively and uncritically repeating the Obama administration's unsubstantiated claim that North Korea was behind the hack of Sony Pictures, the U.S. establishment press once again revealed itself to be a mouthpiece for -- rather than a check on -- power, and thus a danger to public security, Glenn Greenwald writes at The Intercept. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigDec 26, 2014
Whether or not North Korea was really behind the devastating Sony hack, and whether or not the U.S. government orchestrated North Korea's Internet outage in retaliation, one thing is clear: The incident has exposed Hollywood's serious race problem yet again. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 26, 2014
There has been a lot of blaming the victim in the commentary on Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s controversial film “The Interview.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Mark Fiore / TruthdigDec 24, 2014
Now that Sony has caved to cyberterrorist demands, let’s see what movie they’ve chosen to run in place of The Interview. Dig deeper
Juan Cole / TruthdigDec 23, 2014
In all the discussions of what is alleged to be North Korea’s horrible cybervandalism against Sony Pictures, I haven’t seen anyone bring up a key issue: The National Security Agency has been for two decades a powerful behind-the-scenes lobby for weak Internet encryption and privacy protocols. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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