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Has this been confirmed? Can it be confirmed? This is Fox News, which is not a reliable source of information to me, especially not about anything related to technology. What is the chance that they just wanted a good press release on a slow news day and the FBI decided to play along?

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You're welcome to take your news from whatever source you like. But on what basis do you decide that Fox News is less reliable than other MSM, e.g., ABC or NY Times?

As far as I can see, they've all got their biases. If you've convinced yourself that one is propaganda while the others are shooting straight (you didn't say that explicitly, but it seems to be implied), then I'm afraid that you're swallowing some serious propaganda as a result.

(I don't mean to defend Fox, but to indict all the MSM)

Well I think this argument would work except that you chose Fox News as your starting point. Yes the MSM all have agendas, however very few of them push it as hard a FN does theirs. Remeber, FN were the ones who went to court to protect their right to lie and not provide "news" but editorially biased content.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1262284675681492...

I think it's less a problem of bias but more a problem of continued bad journalism practices (tabloid-like mistakes). Many others are also guilty of bad journalism regardless of their political bias. But Fox News has it up to a level that it's hard to believe anything they publish without first looking for a second source.

Pretty much. Anyone who singles out Fox as any worse than any other media outlet is just showing their own ignorance.

And, anyone who blanketly equates the biases of news organizations is falling for a false equivalency.

All mass media outlets should be considered suspicious, even if you happen to mostly agree with their bias. That's not so much 'false equivalency', as an understanding that broadcasters with a large audience are inevitably going to be used by people with cash and an agenda to get their message across.

The quote was from a law enforcement official that they'd arrested the various people, here's the BBC if you'd rather: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17270822

Federal court NY District unsealed the charges this morning..as people were arrested

Has this been confirmed?

The FBI released an official document of confirmation this morning: http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2012/six-hackers-i...

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