On 1. December 2003 at 7:51AM +0800, "David Palmer." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:01:22 -0800 > "Karsten M. Self" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > on Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:53:37PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 03:22 GMT, John Hasler penned: > > > > Monique wrote: > > > > > The difference is that, by allowing replies to > > > > > accumulate and reading them filtered to +3, you have a > > > > > decent chance of finding out when a submission was > > > > > likely off-base. In practically all slashdot stories I've read (I wouldn't necessarily call them news), there are always links to check out. This is how I initially found out about the Debian compromise (actually it was via a slashdot RDF newsfeed). I read the blurb, checked the link(s?) and then went googling around. To rely 100% on slashdot is as dangerous as relying 100% on CNN or Fox News. > > > > That's what I meant by corrections. Whenever Slashdot > > > > screws up I can be fairly certain that several of its > > > > thousands of knowledgeable readers will gleefully point > > > > out the error. Slashdot never screws up. A forum never screws up. > > > Agreed. But I wanted to be clear, both to you and to > > > everyone else, that slashdot's front page is *not* in any > > > way guaranteed to be accurate. Taking any of their blurbs > > > at face value tends to make an ass out of you ... > > > > The blurbs are written by the article submitter, and > > (generally) not Slashdot's editors. Slashdot has editors? Now that's news. I've always thought of Slashdot as the text-based equivalent of a talk show. Somebody comes up with an item for discussion, and a panel of commentators begin firing away. Of course, talk shows, like some mailing lists (not Debian User), have moderators, who have the privilege of deciding what initial topic gets discussed. > > The submitter may be wrong, misinformed, biased, or have an > > axe to grind. Or not. > > > > The "mainstream" media have gross factual errors in about > > 30-50% of stories. Without, as noted here, the instant > > feedback offered by Slashdot and other online sites. I don't know about the "instant". But most newspapers worth their name have the equivalent of a "letters" section. > The mainstream media also have an extremely high 'tame' factor. > The political strategy is always involved with maintaining a > common doctrine so as to maintain a population mass proceeding > in what is perceived as a 'common productive direction', for > example. This is a marketable commodity. It is also a path > that diverges from that of the honest one. There are reasons > why, for example, that journalists in warzones have their > stories 'vetted' before they are approved for release to the > outside world. I can understand the vetting done to so-called "embedded" journalists. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
