I actually saw the newscast :-). Didn't know the Internet reached all the way up in Northern Vermont.
On 08/03/2011 04:08 PM, David Hardy wrote: > I remember the Henning story being broadcast, extremely amusing. > > On a somewhat related note, there have been persistent rumors, along the > lines of urban legends, that there is either a secret U.S. military base > in the Blue Hills or it is an underground UFO base. > > And if one is hiking around in them hills down there in the tropics, > watch where you put yer hands and feet; there are timber rattlers. > > Full disclosure: I use Chrome and Firefox here in northern Vermont. > > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org > <mailto:g...@gapps.blu.org>> wrote: > > On 08/03/2011 03:54 PM, Ryan Lee Stanyan wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 15:39 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > >> "Jon \"maddog\" Hall" <mad...@li.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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. > > > May 18th or 19th 1980 Boston Channel 7's John Henning reported that the > Great Blue Hill in Canton, Ma was erupting. This was a story that his > news producer inserted. The producer got fired, I don't recall if > Henning was fired or not, but he subsequently left and became the > statehouse reporter at channel 4. > > > > -- > Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org <mailto:g...@gapps.blu.org>> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: 537C5846 > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org <mailto:gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org> > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > -- Jerry Feldman <g...@gapps.blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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