Poseurs and shills PfB's (paid-for bloggers) and other unscrupulous writers.
I got frustrated over the general press and tech topics of any sort. Heck, they too often stumble in economic news. For example, in the Sunday Post, an otherwise well written article had this: [now ill-remembered by me] scheme to add jobs more directly cost about $30K (annual) per job, so the cost to get a million folks back to work is (drum roll!) $30 million! Actually, it is $30 billion, but I see this error too often to count. Thank you, Mark Snyder IdM/Provisioning Identity & Access Management 703.883-8365 -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of b_s-wilk Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:26 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines? > I agree, Betty. Reliable tech news is limited. The W Post and NY > Times have some good tech writers, but that is about as far as I go > for general US news media. Even NPR does not have a good tech > reporter (except for Science Friday, but that is mostly science, not > tech news). Most general print and broadcast reporters don't know > enough to report tech news reliably. I have also cultivated some > reliable online sources, such as Ars Technica, Slashdot and a few > others. Slashdot is my home page for SeaMonkey. It's high tech with a great sense of humor. Ars Technica is very good, but heavy to read. The Register, http://www.theregister.co.uk/, is also good, as is MIT's Technology Review, http://www.technologyreview.com/. A friend used to write a tech column for the Baltimore Sun. After Conglomo bought the Sun, he was relegated to proofing and layout, doing his own work and picking up more from fired coworkers; it ruined his marriage. He was laid off last Spring and nobody with the tech knowledge and skills is doing the same kind of work there. You really have to go to reputable technology publications and sites for information. Too bad that tech info is harder to find in general news. Hasn't it been that way for years [or forever]? It's just that there are more pretenders today. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
