Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid - The Intercept

Russia Hysteria Infects WashPost Again: False Story About Hacking U.S. Electric Grid

FILE- In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, much of lower Manhattan remains dark, as viewed from the darkened Manhattan side of the pedestrian walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Americans are paying more to maintain the nation's electrical grid than a decade ago, but they appear to be getting little for their money from utility services that are no more reliable and in some cases seem to be getting worse. An Associated Press analysis of utility spending and reliability nationwide found that electric customers are spending 43 percent more than they did in 2002 to build and maintain local electric infrastructure. Since then, power outages have remained infrequent; but when the lights do go out, it now takes longer to get them back on. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

The “anything goes” media mentality when it comes to Russia strikes again.