The 25-year-old’s alleged actions in the days after the attack suggest he was not exactly a criminal mastermind. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Council conducted a series of suspicious internet searches, for phrases like “SECGOV hack,” “telegram swap,” “how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI,” and “What are the signs you are under investigation by law enforcement or the FBI even if you have not been contacted by them.”
Standards for reporting on Internet forums are the same as for the grocery store tabloids that agitated the forum dwellers to begin with
What are you even talking about now?
You’re on a forum. You are a “forum dweller.”
I’m still talking about standards of reporting, and pointing out that Internet culture tends to be especially vocal about truth and science while amplifying the same ol’ sensationalism and romanticism.
Okay? Well I wasn’t doing that. I was posting a bit of news that I thought people would find amusing. It was clear from the headline that it was basically fluff news. You could easily have just skipped it.
The FOX standard 😂 news when it humiliates the opposition, levity in between
Which “opposition” is this humiliating? People who run crypto scams that hack government accounts?