Diebold Demands That HBO Cancel Documentary

Frosty Piss writes "According to the Bloomberg News, Diebold Inc. is insisting that HBO cancel a documentary that questions the integrity of its voting machines, calling the program inaccurate and unfair. The program, 'Hacking Democracy,' is scheduled to debut Thursday, five days before the 2006 U.S. midterm elections. The film claims that Diebold voting machines aren't tamper-proof and can be manipulated to change voting results. 'Hacking Democracy' is 'replete with material examples of inaccurate reporting,' says Diebold. 'We stand by the film," said a spokesman for HBO. 'We have no intention of withdrawing it from our schedule. It appears that the film Diebold is responding to is not the film HBO is airing.'"

Re:Got a better...

[Beardo the Bearded]

Should we show the Diebold documentary?

Yes: 25%
No: 21%
Republican: 54%

Re:Thanks Diebold!

[kfg]

I demand that you withdraw your post, or . . . I'll stamp my feet and demand again.

Don't expect a lawsuit to come of this. That would mean discovery.

KFG

liar liar

[dustwun]

Is anyone else reminded of Jim Carey in Liar Liar?

Fletcher: Your honor, I object!
Judge: Why?
Fletcher: Because it's devastating to my case!
Judge: Overruled.
Fletcher: Good call!

Thanks a lot!

[Anonymous Coward]

Coffee and oatmeal-raisin cookies bits out the nose - that stings!

Forced to wonder...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm really forced to wonder if the Slashdot group-think would hate Diebold as much as they do if Gore won in 2000 or Kerry won in 2004. I sincerely doubt it. If anything, they'd probably be considered as heroes in that case.

Call that a flame or troll if you want (and I'm sure that politically-charged mods who love to abuse their mod privileges will be more than willing to do so); but with the collective hatred for anything republican on Slashdot, things have finally gotten to the point where any statements against Diebold are as knee-jerk or fashionable as the rampant anti-Microsoftism and anti-republicanism that we all see. They're almost as cliché as the "overlord" and "you insensitive clod" comments.

Re:Well...

[QRDeNameland]

...they are certainly bold. I wonder if they will live up to the rest of their name?

Well, if you do a German-to-English translation of "Diebold" on Babelfish, it comes back with "thief old".

Even worse, if you rearrange the letters of Diebold Election Systems, you get So Dems Lose Indetectibly.

Coincidence? You decide.

Re:Thanks Diebold!

[kfg]

SCO was the one doing the fishing.

If you are the fish you do not demand the hook.

KFG

To start with...

[Anonymous Coward]

Just HOW IN THE HELL do you successfully pull the wool over the eyes of 300 million people?

First, you need some really big sheep...

Re:Power! BTW: Order your Diebold parts now.

[deimtee]

Well I can see the plain paper roll vote record - http://www.diebold.com/nasadmk/cgi-bin/desi_catalo g.pl?section=9&id=170/ [diebold.com] - but where are the ones preprinted with the results you want?