OT and getting further OT all the time! Re: Off-topic, but interesting (Fiorina fired)

From: Bill Sheehan <sheehan_at_sheehan.tzo.com>
Date: Thu Feb 10 18:01:21 2005

My apologies, Sellam. No offense was intended. I'm still fuming about
Jeff Gannon / James D. Guckert.

I would note, however, that to those of us who are not in the field,
it's getting hard to tell the sheep from the goats. According to a
2003 Gallup poll, reporters are way down the list, considered
untrustworthy by 61% of those surveyed. And that was before Dan
Rather, Gannon/Guckert, McManus, Gallagher, Williams, and "Outfoxed."

But this is off-topic. Again, I regret causing offense, and apologize.

-- Bill


On Feb 10, 2005, at 6:32 PM, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:

>>>>> Most of "The Media" does not exist to inform, enlighten, or
>>>>> educate. It
> exists to sell products.
>
> Bill: get real. That's an incredibly immature and uninformed
> generalization.
> As a real reporter, I find your comemnt very, very offensive. As I've
> tried
> explaining on this list before, the vast majority of we real reporters
> are
> perfectly honorable, well-intended, upstanding citizens. But like in
> ANY
> field, there are always few unethical idiots (i.e., Fox News) who,
> ironically,
> get the most attention.
>
> --- Bill Sheehan <sheehan_at_sheehan.tzo.com> wrote:
>
>> Peace, Sellam. Most of "The Media" does not exist to inform,
>> enlighten, or educate. It exists to sell products. The Fifth
>> Columnists of the Fourth Estate are sideshow barkers, selling thrills
>> that won't sustain closer investigation. I'll bet that no one is
>> actually quoted as questioning the viability of female executives.
>> It'll be the generic and amorphous "People," as in "People are
>> asking...". You'll know the story has peaked when it appears in the
>> NY
>> Post with a headline like:
>>
>> "Carly Canned! Is Condi next?"
>>
>> Now back to more important matters. Hazardous chemicals are used in
>> computer manufacture. Is your computer killing you? Details at
>> 11:00.
>>
>> -- Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 10, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> For real. I'm already hearing in "the Media" questions being asked
>>> like,
>>> "With Carly's firing, what is the future of women in business?" Like
>>> all
>>> of a sudden women are going to be forced back into the home and made
>>> to
>>> wear burkas or somesuch.
>>>
>>> Christ all-fricking mighty! She was just another CEO who made big
>>> mistakes and got canned for it.
>>>
>>> I HATE STUPID PEOPLE!
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
>>> Festival
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> --
>>> -------
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>>> http://www.vintage.org
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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