--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Feb 6, 2007, at 2:00 AM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > > <jpgillam@> wrote: > >> > >> I missed this old column from the New > >> York Times in which technology writer > >> David Pogue takes Microsoft to task for > >> manipulating, and sometimes fabricating, > >> good reviews for its products. I post it > >> here because it ties into the TMO's efforts > >> to create good PR. It seems that no matter > >> how big and powerful one is, one still > >> craves legitimacy in the eyes of others, > >> even at the ultimage expense of > >> legitimacy upon getting caught. > > > > It seems a bit of a stretch to go from the TMO generating PR to MS > > bribing online bloggers > > with laptops. Is MMY having all journalists learn TM or something? > > > There method is a bit different: they keep pelting media outlets and > research journals with their press releases and "research". The idea > is, if you do it long enough, eventually something has to "give". And > usually it does.
So... Which studies qualify as "research" rather than research? > > Of course it helps to have THP or MD to act as slave labor. There's > nothing better than a cult to get stuff like this done. >
