By Bond Robertson 
A number of major US news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Politico, received the same offer this summer:
A person calling himself “Robert” contacted the media via email and sent them internal documents from former President Donald Trump's election campaign.
The documents appear to stem from a Trump campaign data breach, which the FBI is now investigating. The traces lead to the mullahs’ regime in Iran, and are being interpreted as an attempt to influence the US election in Trump’s favor. The Washington Post writes.
held again
So far, no major media outlet in the United States has published the contents of the hacked documents.
“In this case, all news organizations took a breath and thought about who leaked the documents, what the hackers’ motivations were, and whether they were worth publishing,” says Matt Murray, editor of the Washington Post.
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The New York Times, the Washington Post and Politico all came to much the same conclusion: The content of the documents was less important than how they arrived — and who was likely behind them.
It is likely that the media acted completely contrary to the wishes of the hackers.
Big contradictions
This is in stark contrast to how the American press handled a similar situation in 2016.
Then Hillary Clinton's election campaign was hacked by the Russian regime, and the documents were leaked to WikiLeaks, which published them.
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The US media rose to the occasion and wrote pages up and down about the contents of the documents, including what it said were high-ranking people in the Democratic Party organization who actively opposed Clinton's rival, Bernie Sanders.
The way Donald Trump and his campaign handled hacking in 2016 compared to now is also full of contradictions.
I asked Russia to continue
During the 2016 election campaign, Trump, in a televised speech, called on Russia to continue hacking Clinton.
“Russia, if you're listening, I hope you can find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said, referring to the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
After becoming a victim of data breaches himself in 2024, Trump's campaign said in a statement, according to the news agency. Associated Press (AFP).
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“Any news outlet that reproduces documents or internal communications is doing exactly what America’s enemies want.”
“It would be truly ironic if Trump, of all people, were to benefit from the fact that the press learned from the situation he exploited,” says Ben Smith, former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed.
confirms theft
Last week, Microsoft came out and said that Iranian hackers had tried to access the email account of a “senior” person associated with a US presidential campaign.
Later, the Trump campaign confirmed that it was about them.
The hackers tried to access the email account through another email account, which had already been compromised.
– General collapse
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser to Trump, confirmed to The Washington Post that his email account was hacked.
In 2019, Stone was convicted of lying and resisting Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Trump pardoned Stone before stepping down as president.