On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Linux Lingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip] > > > Meanwhile try to get a story posted on slashdot. > > > in the days of sincere and professional journalism, > newspapers and magazines would get their journalists to get on the > phone, and/or chase down legal experts, and industry experts, to get a > multi-dimensional, unbiased, investigative report, with citations, > references, documentation, and basically, hard-nosed journalism > at-work. > > Express Computer, LinuxForYou, PCQuest, DataQuest, PCWorld, Chip, Digit.... > The Hindu, Times of India, Hindustan Times, Economic Times... > > i *wonder* who among them understand the news-worthiness of this > story, and appreciate the due-diligence and persistence required to > handle this story? > > freedom of the press > is not too different > from freedom in software. > > or is Lenovo or microsoft or <placeholder> more important as an advertiser? > > Its the official policy of most major newpapers/magazines not to post anything against advertisers. So unless there is a major court case and convictions etc., the story will not be published. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
