Another reason to not trust the mainstream media, right from the start, they do not protect their sources…
‘…a survey of 65 major news organizations to see if they have implemented a common security protocol known as STARTTLS that can protect their e-mails from being intercepted as they travel across the Internet.
We found that news organizations like the Associated Press, Le Monde, LA Times, CBS News, Forbes, Baltimore Sun, and Der Spiegel are still not protecting journalists and their sources from this type of surveillance, and are putting all of the people who communicate with them at risk of being spied on. You can see the full results of our survey…’
via Why aren’t more news organizations protecting their e-mail with STARTTLS encryption? | Freedom of the Press Foundation.