Hi, Em 10-06-2011 08:32, Simon Phipps escreveu: > On 10 Jun 2011, at 12:22, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > >> Italo Vignoli wrote: >>> http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2077963/libreoffice-ready-commercial-distribution-months-document-foundation >>> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2077979/document-foundation-promises-enterprise-ready-libreoffice-august >> It's great to see that the LibreOffice download size will be 30 >> MBytes... if only that was true! It must be an invariant that, however >> accurate the information provided to them, journalists always manage to >> get something wrong. > It's not just journalists. All human communications have that effect, hence > the game "Chinese Whispers"[1]. That's why when I give a conference keynote I > try to also publish my thoughts before or at the same time, so there can be > no doubt what I think. It's also why reports of what others said or think > should be treated as suspect (a concept described in English as "Hearsay"[2]) > until there's a supporting source provided. > > The lesson I have learned is that I should treat each error in an article > where I am the source as my own failure to present the information in a way > that was effective for the journalist. On the other hand, as a journalist I > always appreciate rapid, polite, factual and constructive corrections to my > articles and apply them as soon as I can. > > S. > That is why it exists in large corporations and institutions a department to assist journalists, also known as the Communications Department. Journalists are generalists, not obliged, therefore, to know everything.
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