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Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:07:43 -0500
On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 02:24:00PM -0800, Tony Li wrote:
avg () alink net (Vadim Antonov) writes:Am i paranoid, or is mass-media hell-bent on propaganda of antisocial behavior in the Internet? Or are they just really clueless?They found out a long time ago that controversy and sensationalism sells papers. This predates the Internet or its founders.
Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. -- Lazarus Long, among others. They're just _really_ clueless. They don't understand "the _right_ answer"... if the answer works, they'll promote it. Kind of like the UDP meltdowns when I-phones first hit. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra () baylink com Member of the Technical Staff Buy copies of The New Hackers Dictionary. The Suncoast Freenet Give them to all your friends. Tampa Bay, Florida http://www.ccil.org/jargon/ +1 813 790 7592
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- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Tony Li (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Michael P. Lyle (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Jon Zeeff (Dec 09)
- RE: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Rubens Kuhl Jr. (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Kevin Oberman (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Forrest W. Christian (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Charles Sprickman (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Jon Zeeff (Dec 09)
- Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again Frank Kastenholz (Dec 09)
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