To the corporate media, any use of technology to do something illegal is "hacking". I am sure a jury of 12 would probably see this as hacking.
To the corporate media, anything for communications is a "cell tower" regardless of it being LMR, cellular, WiFi, or broadcast. It's all "cell towers" to them.
Keep in mind, the average American's attention span is reduced to about 60-90 seconds as they are bombarded with cat videos, WorldStar HipHop, and other trivial garbage on Anti-Social media, so the "traditional" media has to compete with this and create their content accordingly.
No one wants to spend 5 minutes reading a bunch of technical jargon they don't understand when the next episode of Empire is coming on.
I have to admit, I agree with you 100% on this statement. Sad to say, but welcome to the 21st century, generation stupid.
Why are these idiots so dumb? IF your smart enough to do that sort of thing, surely you can't be stupid enough to do it FROM YOUR HOUSE! But then again, this is a guy who looks like he doesn't get out of the house much.