Interview · moment 4 of 10
Voting Machine Vulnerabilities and the New York Times' Anonymous Op-Ed
from We're Toast with Russ Baker · #118
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5 minGuest
Russ argues the media ridicules stories like insecure voting machines until they become convenient, floats the idea Trump may have orchestrated the anonymous "resistance" op-ed to serve his own interests, and details how long WhoWhatWhy has investigated voting machine hacking and who owns the voting machine companies.
- 11:40Corporate media ridiculed voting security concerns until Trump won, then quickly pivoted to interviewing experts about electronic voting vulnerabilities.
- 12:25The New York Times published an anonymous op-ed from a supposed Trump administration insider claiming to be the resistance, which could have been Trump arranging it himself to rally his own people.
- 13:13Tim asks when the guest started reporting on voting machine vulnerabilities, distinguishing direct election interference from talk of social media and Russian bots.
- 13:56Credible experts at major universities who can demonstrate voting machines can be hacked and produce anomalous results cannot get airtime in corporate media.
- 14:57After the 2000 Florida election, the New York Times and other organizations deliberately shut down questions about voting irregularities, deciding it wasn't good for the country.
- 15:21Major news organizations are for-profit enterprises within larger companies primarily concerned with business, not investigating destabilizing stories.
- 15:40The media functions like a teacher calming a rowdy class, inflaming on some issues but suppressing others to keep the public calm and spending money.