23rd June 2001 Archive

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• USA Today as DoD cyber-war mouthpiece

  And you thought they were up to Weekly World News standards....

  Anyone seeking advanced tuition in passing off government propaganda as news ought to consult USA Today columnist Andrea Stone's recent item entitled "Cyberspace: The next battlefield" for an exhaustive master-class in exactly what not to do if one entertains hopes of pulling the wool over their readers' eyes on behalf of the …

  Media 23 Jun 2001, 01:13

• ‘Chinaman’ dethrones ‘Hacker’ on cyber-terror hit parade

  Washington Roundup Public enemy number one (billion)

  After years of failure trying to generate mass paranoia with the 'pitiless teenage hacker', the US government this week trotted out its new and improved cyber-terror strawman: the one-billion-strong 'Yellow Menace'. The classic disaffected teenager is "nothing more than a nuisance," US Senator Robert Bennett (Republican, Utah) …

  Media 23 Jun 2001, 19:00