Give them credit for admitting what this story is about right in the headline: “DOGE’s grab of personal data stokes privacy and security fears.” Stoking fears is really all this 39 paragraph story is about. This isn’t reporting, this is modeling a kind of catastrophizing response to their jittery progressive readers. I’m just going to bold some of the obvious points where the authors (there are three) admit this is more about fears than reality.
Musk’s group is seeking often unfettered access, citing suspicion of fraud and waste. In addition to concerns about exposing private information, some critics fear handing all the data to DOGE could enable bad actors to leak sensitive information to compromise political adversaries, act on personal vendettas or stir up online mobs against opponents.
This article is clearly intended to stir up an online mob aimed…
