Diebold has demanded that HBO not air a documentary called "Hacking Democracy," claiming it is filled with inaccuracies ... you know, like the truth. Fact is the folks at Princeton have already told us that these machines can be hacked. This documentary can't do anything to make us more suspicious of these machines.
We don't get why Diebold won't fess up to the vulnerability of electronic voting machines. Anyone that has ever had an ATM eat their debit card or, for that matter, ever used a computer knows full well that they are susceptible to screwing something up. Even though we know that, we continue to embrace technology and use new technology every day. We do so because it improves our efficiency and when we understand what those potential breakdowns are we also learn to trust the machine more.
This makes us feel old. When we were a marketing communications person in a Fortune 500 company we used to joke that our biggest fear would be to see the crew of 60 Minutes walking in the building. These days the marketing communications don't sweat it, they simply issue a press release saying 60 Minutes is part of the liberal media attacking them without merit. Man, marketing jobs are so easy these days. Remember when you had to actually believe some of the bullshit before you could write it down or speak it to the media?
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