On Thu, October 13, 2005 14:36, Steven Shelton wrote: > Don Parris wrote: >
<snip> > > What I love is the editor's notes at the end: > > "The column _"Massachusetts Should Close Down OpenDocument"_ > <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170724,00.html> that appeared on > FOXnews.com Sept. 28 identified author James Prendergast as executive > director of Americans for Technology Leadership, but failed to disclose > that Microsoft is a founding member of that organization. > > "ATL is a coalition of technology companies, professionals and > organizations that advocates for limited government regulation of > technology and for competitive market solutions to technology policy. In > addition to Microsoft, ATL's founding members include Staples, Inc., > CompUSA, Citizens Against Government Waste, CompTIA, Small Business > Survival Committee, Clarity Consulting, Cityscape Filmworks, Association > for Competitive Technology and 60Plus Association. > > "Mr. Prendergast's affiliation with Microsoft should have been stated > clearly in the article." > > > On the other hand, we should have expected him to have an agenda the > moment his column appeared. After all, it *is* Fox News.... > > -- I'm just glad the rebuttals got published. Had they not, I would have posted that, too. ;-) Don -- DC Parris http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Hey man, whatever pickles your file!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
