CNN and journalism in general are a sorry joke. We pronounce journalism dead. In an article titled, White House announces retaliation against Russia: Sanctions, ejecting diplomats, a video was inserted that used footage from Fallout’s hacking game as B-roll to illustrate reports of real-life hacks by the Russian government.
The similarity was first spotted by one Poofylicious on Reddit, who put together the following to explain:
Two close-ups of the CNN footage:
In Fallout, the player can hack computers to gain information or unlock doors and safes. It’s performed like a word puzzle, where the player has to find a specific word in a huge mess of letters and random characters. It’s an easy game to play and has nothing to do with actual hacking.
The footage occurs about a minute into the CNN video while the presenter discusses President-elect Trump’s reaction to Moscow’s alleged involvement in what the White House has called “Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities.”
Because nothing shows the severity of cyberwar and digital espionage like the video game Fallout.
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In the preceding soundbite, Trump is heard saying, “I think we ought to get on with our lives. I think the computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what’s going on.”
That’s so true, especially of CNN.
