It is not state owned: Social News is a magazine of an indipendent non profit organization which in turn is sponsored by govt entities. A shallow difference indeed, so yes it can be considered a "serious/official" magazine both online and on paper.
> This kind of positive statement about cold fusion would not be published in > any government-affiliated U.S. web site. > That would be the case also in Italy if the gvt had an idea of what the article is all about... mic 2011/6/10 Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>: > Michele Comitini wrote: > >> It is a non-profit online magazine. It looks like it is sponsored, >> among others, by the national TV RAI and some govt department (justice >> and internal affairs) for its social utility role. > > Interesting. So it is fairly prestigious. A government-affiliated web page, > sort of like the U.S. National Public Radio. > > This kind of positive statement about cold fusion would not be published in > any government-affiliated U.S. web site. > > - Jed > >
