American Scandal King

Chapter 124 Hackers
7月13日，国际奥委会在莫斯科举行的第112次全会上投票确定，BJ获得2008年第29届夏季奥运会主办权。

Today is also the day Gaskell is discharged from the hospital.

Ian comes over to pick up Gaskell.

Looking at the expression on his face, Gaskell asked curiously, "You seem very happy today?"

Ian helped Gaskell downstairs. "Just got some bad news. Inez Dennison from the FCC has named the Los Angeles Tribune and WND as being too violent and graphic in their news coverage. They're targeting me."

Gaskell frowned. "Someone's messing with you?"

Ian nodded slightly. "Viacom is also in contact with CBS, planning to acquire them. James Paley informed Viacom of my interest in acquiring a stake in CBS, hoping to raise the price. But Viacom clearly wasn't prepared to accept this offer. They have a good relationship with Inez Dennison. This should be a lesson for me, and also let CBS know that they don't have the capital to raise the price."

Ian did not blame CBS for doing something disgusting. Business competition is normal. However, CBS probably did not expect that Viacom would choose to suppress Ian instead of raising the price.

Gaskell asked quietly, "What are you going to do?"

Ian smiled grimly. "I promised the White House to avoid negative reports about those important figures, but righteous retaliation is not off limits... Finally, another piece of breaking political news."

I was wondering why you're so happy all of a sudden. Gaskell was also happy.

Ian Carr loves having rivals.

Every opponent is big news to him.

In a sense, the filthiness of politicians, like the promiscuity of celebrities, is omnipresent.

So for Ian, whether there are problems with politicians has never been the key, and even whether he can dig up information is not the key.

The key lies only in the choice of target.

Inez Dennison, the head of the Federal Communications Commission?

Great, it's you!
Ian’s fourth copying ability has not been used yet. This time Ian finally made a choice: hacking technology!
A lot of important information for politicians is placed in mailboxes.

The most typical example is the Hillary incident, where her assistants leaked a lot of secrets, which became one of the biggest reasons for her campaign failure.

Don't expect to be able to do this with basic hacking skills, but Ian found that there are actually ways to bypass technical obstacles.

For example, my hacking skills may not be able to break through your firewall, but I can artificially implant a Trojan horse, and then combine it with hacking skills. The combined use of abilities can break through the technical limitations.

So after learning that the big boss was targeting him, Ian went to find him immediately.

The rest is easy.

They sneak into the other party's computer late at night, implant programs containing Trojan viruses into the other party's computer, then easily crack the firewall and obtain a large amount of information directly from the other party's mailbox.

After doing this, Ian erased all traces and left easily.

The whole process took only half a night.

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"Extra number! Extra number!"

"Famous journalist Butterfly obtained Inez Dennison's email information and publicly revealed the information."

"FCC Chairwoman Inez Dennison is suspected of accepting bribes from Viacom to greenlight Viacom's news censorship."

"Viacom Group is suspected of violating regulations and using its own internal information to obtain illegal benefits."

"Inez Dennison's extramarital affair was exposed, and she had an illegitimate child, who is black."

"Inez Dennison instructed her subordinates to fabricate fake news and deceive the public regarding the China incident."

"Inez Dennison used her power to greenlight at least eleven media outlets." "Conversations between Inez Dennison and Alec Hudack were exposed, implicating her in multiple scandals."

"Inez Dennison..."

The continuous negative reports instantly made this Federal Communications Commission boss a hot topic.

Owning shares in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Herald, WND News Network, and Spark Television, it is already a media group with great influence, which makes Ian Carr's voice huge today.

He doesn't even need to go through anyone else, he can spread his words all over America just by himself!
The most important thing is that there is evidence for every report.

Inez Dennison became famous because of this, and countless people cursed her.

Ian did not choose to conceal the whistleblower.

He just wants people to know that this is a just counterattack from the Los Angeles Herald!

You messed with me first!

In the United States, the media is a very powerful presence. They have the right to speak and can really call the shots!
In this situation, even the President of the United States could not save him, so Inez Dennison resigned in just two days.

As for his so-called regulation of the Los Angeles Times's bloody and violent news production methods, it naturally came to nothing.

After all, the Los Angeles Times is not the only media outlet that reports on violent news. All media outlets do not want to have too strict control in this area.

And Ian Carr's counterattack made them realize Ian's ruthlessness and strength.

This guy can really get any big news he wants!

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"Yes, Mayor Kuchi... Ah, of course I'm free. I'd love to have dinner with you, but I think we can resolve this even without dinner. I mean, we're both busy and friends, so we can talk directly. Don't worry, I won't be recording anything."

In the office, Ian was holding the phone, crossing his legs and laughing.

On the other end of the line, the Mayor of Los Angeles chose his words carefully: "I understand where you're coming from, Ian. Inez went a bit too far. The media's responsibility is to report the truth. You did nothing wrong. But the problem now is that Butterfly hacked into his email, and this isn't just a problem with Inez."

Ian raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "I don't think you need to worry about this. Mr. Dennison is very careful. He doesn't have too many state secrets in his mailbox. After all, that itself is a violation. Although he has made many mistakes, this one is not one of them."

Mayor Kuchi breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course he knew that this didn't mean that Inez Dennison had no other information, but that Ian was hinting: we will only reveal this part.

Mayor Kuchi said, "So this is the end of the matter?"

Ian laughed and said, "I'm not sure about that. You know I'm planning to acquire CBS, and CBS supports the Democratic Party, so the problem is that there will always be contradictions."

Mayor Kuchi immediately said, "But there's always a bottom line."

Ian replied, "Of course, Mr. Mayor. I don't like to cross the line unless the other party crosses it first. I'm willing to give you face. We are friends! This matter ends here, but the premise is that Inez Dennison will not be resurrected! The dead are dead, there is no need to climb out of the coffin again."

Mayor Kuchi responded: "Don't worry, he'll get a job as a consultant for a company and earn some money every year. He won't have another chance to rise. But we still hope that you won't focus on the political side of the news in the future."

“But sometimes I also need some political news to expand my influence.”

"I will tell them to elevate the priority of Cal Media reporters in the White House."

Ian smiled. “Thank you so much!”

Very good. The priority of political news has been increased, which further improves the quality of general political news of Carl Media.

This resource is of great value and will even help in negotiations with CBS.

(End of this chapter)