Anonymous Threatens Fox News Over Occupy Wall Street

[YawningAngel]

One wouldn't have thought anonymous (or anyone, else for that matter) needed a reason to shut fox news down beyond their being a cesspool of unapologetic mendacity.

 

[Something Amyss]

How do you know what Fox is saying about the protestors is not true? Some of them could be "...filthy, disgusting and dirty...". In fact, I would bet my life that some are "...filthy, disgusting and dirty...".

Of course, that's not what they're saying.

So what's with the apologetics?

 

[CM156_v1legacy]

Anonymous: We don't like what you're saying so we're just going to hack your site like little girls having a slapfight.

They started this campaign because fox news was using slanderous names to portray the protestors, that's wrong

So they were being slanderous trolls?

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Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Heaven forgive me.

OT: Ah anon. You just lost what little respect you'd earned from me.

 

[Robert Ewing]

I usually hate all the dribble fox news spits out. And this is no exception.

I'm with anonymous on this one.

 

[Something Amyss]

If the general audience believes that's the case... (I.E. the majority of people who aren't computer-savy enough to understand what's going on)



Just saying. Its kinda a symbolism thing.


Now if Anonymous found a way to intercept the fox news signal to implant an anonymous message... Then I would see this as more than symbolism.

To quote the late George Carlin, "I leave symbols for the symbol-minded."

At the end, it means about as much as slapping a yellow ribbon on your SUV.

So...Yay for empty gestures?

 

[harvz]

i dont support illegal hackers but it couldn't happen to more deserving people. all the misinformation about games alone...

 

[Mouse_Crouse]

I hate Fox News, but they are a private company with a right to exist. Anonymous says they defend free speech, but it looks like they have no real conception of what free speech is. How can they pretend to be champions of freedom, if they want to shut down anyone who insults a group they like or opposes their views? That's not freedom.

Yeah, Fox News is a biased, horrible news station that has been pumping political (but not real) poison into the US for a good while now. They still have a right to exist. For all their supposed libertarianism, Anonymous have no real idea what they are doing, or what Freedom of Speech actually means.

Freedom of Speech means FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Not "Freedom of speech you like and not freedom of speech you don't like". Fox News, vile as they are, have a right to not like the Protests.

As much as I agree that they are a terribly biased news source. (Heck, they all are. CNN and MSNBC are no better, fox just gets more attention with their nonsense) This point is 100% correct. If you are going to "champion" free speech, you can't cherry pick who's right you defend.

Everyone get some popcorn and sit back.
If Anonymous proceeds with their plan and if FOX News is going to behave the same way they behaved in the past, this is going to be quite a show regardless of which side wins.

Not really sure what you mean here, so they take down their website with a DDoS attack. 3 hours later and it's back up, the world keeps spinning. Heck it's not like the Escapist was even kept down when it was DDoS'd. They can make their statements all they want, they lose all credibility of threat when they have proven time and time again to be nothing but ineffective.

Edit: Just look at all the times they were going to "ruin" someone, Gene Simmons seems to be doing fine. They've proven they can take down a website for a few hours, that won't even make the 6 o'clock broadcast when they do that. No one cares.

 

[EVILGUY]

well im just happy to see anonymous doing something they are a extremely powerful collective when you get down to it they are vindictive and nothing if not determined

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

EDIT: Don't be mad at Greg Tito for another of his (intentional?) errors, this one being in the V for Vendetta line, it's not his job to make sure what he writes is factual, sheesh.

... Yes it is. He's reporting the news.

 

[Wicky_42]

Am I the only one who's grown weary of Anonymous as a whole? Ooooh, they're gonna shut your whatever down, sooooo scary, no one is safe, they're the defenders of free speech...

They're just a bunch of bored hackers. No matter the intentions, illegal is illegal. I'm sure if Dr. King could get people to do things the legal way, they can too.

God I hate Anon.

In some states it was illegal for more than four black people to gather at a time. And Segregation and discrimination WAS the law, Dr. King was getting people to BREAK the law. Legal does not mean right. ...

Yay, someone else understands Always exasperates me when people think that just because there is a rule that that rule is infallible, morally just and unchallengeable. How many amendments does the American constitution have? Hitler was the elected ruler of Germany for a time and there were plenty of new laws made and enforced buy him - how moral do we judge those to be now, hmm?

OT: although you could argue that attacking Fox for saying things you don't like is hypocritical of Anon's previous claims of supporting "freedom of speech", I'm pretty sure most legal definitions of such laws don't allow you to casually and publicly slander others without justification or factual accuracy - other people have rights too, don't forget. Also, using a public platform to spread dis-information and propaganda should be criminal.

 

[Daverson]

So, let me get this straight:

They're attacking news international not because they've defiled the creditability of first world democracies, not because of their fanatical propaganda, not because they bend the truth or outright lie to support their own twisted worldview, not because of their flaunting of the law or because of their almost fascist agenda, but because they called a few hippies smelly?

INTERNET LOGIC!

 

[Edible Avatar]

Aprilgold[/user]]And then we forget about all the crap Fox feeds to the general population, they do more slander and bending of the truth then anyone else. We also forget the good Anonymous does outside of this hacking, google it, you might find out some interesting stuff.

Yeah, we all know that Fox is a bunch of rabid liers, but it's not within anyone's right to shut them up. The whole 'Freedom of Speech' idea encourages tolerance toward everyone's ideas, whether they're "pants-on-head-retarded" or not. And its not really that Anonymous is bad (i'm sure they have decent members *hope*) But their actions really makes me scratch my head in confusion...are they defenders of free speech, or are they enforcers of their own ideals over other's rights?

Edit: This HTML system is hard to master

 

[Worgen]

I cant wait to see how this goes down, fox has deserved to be hit for awhile, altho freedom of speech means freedom for speech you hate also.

This. I can't stand FOXnews but they have the right to spew whatever venomous nonsense they choose.

Not really, there is a cultural limit to freespeech, you cant advocate violence against other individuals and its seen as bad taste when your continually spewing blatantly false information and saying its fact or being just generally insulting, really I'm hoping this just at least lets fox know that its being watched... but the worry here is that it could make fox look sympathetic, in fact Im sure they will play that angle, "the heroic underdog was brutally attacked by a group of hacker kids who hate freedom".

 

[Marudas]

Meh.

To me, this is a bit silly. Actively shutting up Fox News sounds neat, but truthfully, they have the right to say whatever stupid crap they want. Its up to us as citizens to ignore them and not reward them for it, and the rest will take care of itself. Organizations like West Boro and Fox thrive on attention, no matter what kind of attention it is. The second you stop paying attention to them, they stop being in any way meaningful.

Personally, Fox is the worst, but I can't stand almost any televised news media. Its all drama, sob stories and personally motivated crap. The news is meant to inform, not to influence.

 

[The Funslinger]

The robot voice was annoying and impossible to take seriously. And if DDOS hackers are going to make you think they're vigilantes with epic computer skills, could they do a bit better than blatantly make their propaganda on Windows Movie Maker?

 

[Bob_F_It]

The enemy of my enemu is my friend... for now.
Not that they'll achieve much by having a public website not working for 2 hours.

 

[Aeshi]

So most of anonymous is planning to be gathered up in one place in person?

Good, now if we just send in a few guys with guns we can finally put these stupid animals down.

 

[WolfLordAndy]

I can't help but think the dick fucking pussys and assholes speach from team america seems somewhat appropriate.

 

[Riff Moonraker]

Anonymous Threatens Fox News Over Occupy Wall Street

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The hacker collective wants to stop Fox from belittling the protesters of Occupy Wall Street.

Anonymous has thrown its weight behind virtually every cause the last few years. They have attacked Scientology for its so-called evil practices, they brought down Gene Simmons [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107699-Anonymous-Target-Planned-to-Take-Down-WikiLeaks] when he openly taunted them. Now, the group has released a video with a mechanized voice of a woman stating that they are in support of the ongoing protests in New York City and around the world. Anonymous believes that the pundits on Fox News have too often used libelous descriptions of the protesters to invalidate the protests, and the only recourse is to shut down the network's website. The attack is called "Operation: Fox Hunt."

"Fox is now the target of Anonymous because of their continued propaganda against the Occupations," the woman's voice says. "They use words such as filthy, disgusting and dirty to describe the protesters. Since they will not stop belittling the occupiers, we will simply shut them down."

The date chosen for this attack? November 5th, also known as Guy Fawkes Day. Fawkes tried to blow up the Parliament building in 1605 to place a Catholic monarch on the Throne of England, and his likeness was popularized by the film adaptation of Frank Miller's V for Vendetta. Anonymous adopted use of the Guy Fawkes mask to hide the identities of members when gathering in public - even though the proceeds from mask sales makes it way back to Hollywood [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/112817-Anonymous-Unwittingly-Funds-Time-Warner], but that's besides the point - and Fawkes has become a kind of de facto symbol for the group.

"Anonymous will not only shut down Fox News," said Anonymous. "We will also engage in a propaganda campaign of our own, to show them how it feels to be chastised."

The hackers of Anonymous have succeeded in taking down websites periodically before, so it is possible that the Operation Fox Hunt may work ... at least until someone switches on a new server to deal with DDos attack.

Source: via Cnet [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20125628-83/anonymous-threatens-fox-news-web-site-over-occupy-coverage/?tag=mncol]

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These "occupiers" deserve every bit of grief they get. There is nothing noble about what they are doing, at all. The majority of videos on them have shown the majority dont have a clue why they are doing this and they come across as a bunch of college kids that dont want to pay their student loans... in other words they are looking for a handout. Someone took a dump on a police car, rampant drug use, sex... hell, they think its a big party, or something. They want to complain about jobs, they need to get their tails out of this misguided "protest", and I use that word very loosely, and get back in the hunt for a frigging job. I see them holding up signs promoting socialism, commentators promoting violence, people wanting to get rid of capitalism... its disgusting. Hell, this thing was started by a group in canada, and its getting financed by George Soros, who wants nothing more than to see the downfall of America.

 

[Iron Mal]

This is ultimately a pointless fight between the two which just shows both off as being petty.

Fox has thrown names at people they don't like and disagree with (not exactly the best way to show unbiased, factual and professional journalism there) and Anonymous is responding by threatening them for expressing their opinion (something you'd think would be a direct violation of what they stand for).

Neither side is without fault here (although I guarentee you that it'll get worse and escalate, mark my words).