Wired Security Spoken Edition

This week, MSNBC host Joy Reid has found herself embroiled in a familiar controversy. Twitter user @Jamie_Maz—for the second time—surfaced a number of homophobic posts, from the early aughts, on Reid's now defunct blog, the Reid Report. In response, Reid has turned to a recognizable scapegoat: hackers. Reid isn't the first public figure to blame hackers for her alleged misdeeds online. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices