NY Times: Get the Tech Scuttlebutt! (It Might Even Be True.)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Jonathan B Spira" <jspira () basex com>
Date: June 7, 2009 5:48:56 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: NY Times: Get the Tech Scuttlebutt! (It Might Even Be True.)


Dave

The New York Times' coverage of rumor-mongering in blogs is perhaps  
well intentioned but ultimately the article is as flawed as the  
concept of printing words masquerading as news articles without the  
benefit of fact checking.

The fact that the writers of posts around the possibility of Apple  
purchasing Twitter (which was completely unfounded) suspected the  
story was false and they didn't care does little to advance the cause  
of bloggers.  The fact that the Times journalist, Damon Darlin, seems  
to celebrate news gathering without fact checking - given recent  
events in the New York Times' own history - is irresponsible.

Bloggers (whatever that term actually means right now) claim they want  
to be recognized as a form of legitimate media but a formal admission  
that "'Getting it right is expensive' [but] 'Getting it first is  
cheap'" is the m.o. does little to advance the cause.

Article is at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/business/media/07ping.html?hpw

Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes üdvözlet/Cordialement/ 
Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar

/s/ Jonathan
Jonathan B. Spira
CEO and Chief Analyst
Basex, Inc.
8 www.basex.com





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