How credible is the Daily Beast?

[.99center]

Link to tweet

Spencer Ackerman‏Verified account @attackerman

Perhaps the most disturbing story I have ever reported in ~15 years of covering national security is coming your way this evening.

[comradebillyboy]

1. I think the Daily Beast is pretty reliable.

I don't know what story this tweet refers to however.

[shraby]

2. I think Rachel and Chris Hayes use some of the news they generate.

That is if I recall correctly.

[herding cats]

3. Spencer Ackerman is extremely reputable.

Spencer Ackerman
Spencer Ackerman was the national security editor for Guardian US. Ackerman was part of the Guardian team that won the 2014 Pulitzer prize for public service journalism. A former senior writer for Wired, he won the 2012 National Magazine Award for digital reporting.

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/spencerackerman

[cilla4progress]

4. I suppose guesses would be

impossible?

Following him on twitter now..

[PearliePoo2]

5. Oh crap. What is it?

I REALLY, REALLY don't like the words "disturbing" and "national security" in the same sentence. Nope, not a bit.

[Chiyo-chichi]

20. Today's New York Times main headline is bad enough in that regard.

[shraby]

6. Why is he waiting for this evening? Whatta schmuck. Not fair!

[hlthe2b]

7. I think Ackerman has a good rep... regardless, I LOVE this GIF in response:

LOLOL

[PearliePoo2]

8. Suggestions please? What pairs BEST with "disturbing"?

BEER...BONG...OR BOOZE?

[mopinko]

15. hopefully it is worth all of the above.

[Grammy23]

9. Guess we just need to chill out

And wait for this story to drop.

Anyone think it might be another bombshell? On a Sunday night? What a way to start the week!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Sunday night would probably be the optimum night to drop a big story.

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It will be lead story for the upcoming week.

[Grammy23]

14. That was my thought.

Drop story Sunday or Sunday p.m. Hit the ground running by Monday a.m. Churn it out all week. tRump will hate it.

[wishstar]

11. This is probably referencing the NY Times breaking news story this pm about NSA being hacked:

"Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core-
A serial leak of the agency’s cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence
operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide.

Fifteen months into a wide-ranging investigation by the agency’s counterintelligence arm, known as Q Group, and the F.B.I., officials still do not know whether the N.S.A. is the victim of a brilliantly executed hack, with Russia as the most likely perpetrator, an insider’s leak, or both. Three employees have been arrested since 2015 for taking classified files, but there is fear that one or more leakers may still be in place. And there is broad agreement that the damage from the Shadow Brokers already far exceeds the harm to American intelligence done by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor who fled with four laptops of classified material in 2013.

Mr. Snowden’s cascade of disclosures to journalists and his defiant public stance drew far more media coverage than this new breach. But Mr. Snowden released code words, while the Shadow Brokers have released the actual code; if he shared what might be described as battle plans, they have loosed the weapons themselves. Created at huge expense to American taxpayers, those cyberweapons have now been picked up by hackers from North Korea to Russia and shot back at the United States and its allies."

NY Times breaking news

[Achilleaze]

12. They are reliable

[cally]

13. Same as Newsweek so very credible

Merged in 2010

[PDittie]

19. Right.

https://www.readingthepictures.org/2017/11/pop-goes-newsweek/

Let’s face it – most of us have seen this week’s Newsweek cover that employs a cartoonish approach to illustrate an incredibly serious and painful scenario playing out around the country. And I am of a certain age to remember a time when Newsweek was an award-winning outlet for powerful news photography. Over the past decade, we have all been forced to bear witness to the slow and painful decline and demise of print publications in the United States. I won’t go into my personal history regarding this trend, but let’s say that it has not been pleasant.

If you like TMZ, you should love Newsweek and the Daily Beast. JS

[mopinko]

16. i think it is this

https://www.thedailybeast.com/green-beret-discovered-seals-illicit-cash-then-he-was-killed

[DesertRat]

17. Here's the story

Link to tweet

Green Beret Discovered SEALs’ Illicit Cash. Then He Was Killed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/green-beret-discovered-seals-illicit-cash-then-he-was-killed

[PDittie]

18. Hit and miss

This Green Beret story is a blockbuster. Their political reporting, especially w/r/t Russia, has been almost laughable.

[lagomorph777]

21. Their people appear on MSNBC shows regularly

So I take this as a fairly mainstream endorsement.