On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 15:39 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <mad...@li.org> writes: > > > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 14:42 -0400, Brian St. Pierre wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Bill Sconce <sco...@in-spec-inc.com> > > > wrote: > > > > 1. > > > > http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,236944/printable.html > > > > > > > > If you use Internet Explorer, your IQ might be below average--at > > > > least, according to one study. > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14389430 > > > > > > Draw your own conclusions about IE users -- that "study" was a hoax... > > > > Interesting to see the number of "legitimate" news organizations that > > just swallowed the hoax and reported on it without checking into it at > > all. > > > > Makes you wonder about the authenticity of other "news items" reported > > by them. > > Yes. > > It's called "churnalism"--cf.: > > http://www.onthemedia.org/2011/mar/04/churning-out-pr/transcript/ > > > http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/03/churnalismcom-reveals-press-release-copy-in-news-stories068.html > > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/04/21/135568766/everything-you-know-about-this-band-is-wrong > > (that last one is particularly interesting: it's an NPR journalist saying, > more or less, `it's the PR people's fault--their press releases lie to us!'). > > The news-media still generally report that `Linux still has yet to get > to even 1% market share', too--I want to know where they keep getting > *that* figure. >
I think it's called "news entertainment" nowadays. Just make a huge headline libeling someone and then post the retraction weeks later buried somewhere in the back. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/