On 12/17/05, Bryan Cantrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is the sort of thing that bothers me. Bob called me an hour > > With all due respect, how else do you think journalism is done? Reporters > _aren't_ experts -- they're expected to be generalists who can both get the
You missed the point. Bob is a good reporter. The issue that I tried to present was that there is a general perception that a news story actually represents the truth as well as contains some facts of value. It is hardly reasonable to think that a story written in one hour before press time is being written by a person that tested the software, saw the software or even has a grasp of the software. If at least a day or two were spent on the article then far more value would be contained therein. The issue was that we are the ones that are guilty of holding it up to the light and saying "golly gee, look, a story in the press about brandZ". I have far greater respect for the blogs written by the people that actually dig in there and get dirty. Journalism has had its day but the sun has set. The printed word written in less than an hour no longer has any real value. The concept of "buzz" is even more silly. Are sales really driven in this way? At this point, I have almost stopped looking at SlashDot and all but given up on the trade rags. Dennis
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