Dealing with the Press

From: Ian Primus <ian_primus_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Oct 28 17:29:26 2003

On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 12:35 PM, Eric Smith wrote:

> "evan" <evan947_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In fact, local newspapers are still the
>> heart of American journalism, and most do a superb at
>> covering their regions and small towns, in a way that
>> the AP or CNN never will be able to do.
>
> Huh? Every time a newspaper run a story about *anything* I happen
> to know about (not just tech), the story is riddled with
> inaccurate, distorted, or just plain wrong information. I can
> hardly believe that I'm unique in this regard, so presumably
> for the stories that I don't have direct knowledge of, other
> readers who are would would have the same reaction. Thus I am
> forced to conclude that *everything* they publish is at that
> level of "quality", or at least such a high percentage that I'm
> disinclined to believe just about anything I read in the paper.

You are definitely not alone. Just about every article I read where I
know about the subject is full of false information. Just the other day
I read an article that talked about how people were learning computer
languages like Excel and Windows so that they could get better jobs.

>
> If the newspaper said the sun was going to rise tomorrow, I'd want
> to find an another source to confirm it.

The only things in the newspaper I trust are the comics.

>
> That said, I think television news tends to be even worse.
>
Yeah, but at least on the television news, you can hear them
mispronounce words too, not just misspell them.

Ian Primus
ian_primus_at_yahoo.com
Received on Tue Oct 28 2003 - 17:29:26 GMT