__/ [ peterwn ] on Saturday 03 February 2007 23:35 \__
> On Feb 4, 9:47 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> __/ [ peterwn ] on Saturday 03 February 2007 19:09 \__
>>
>> > On Feb 4, 7:54 am, 7 <website_has_em...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37411
>>
>> >> The Beeb criticised for promotion shambles while vista crap FLOPS.
>> >> They don't appear to show any balance and received record
>> >> number of complaints about balance of content.
>>
>> >> Many other channels showed Linux as competitors to the market
>> >> and had become more informative as a direct result of being
>> >> balanced.
>>
>> > The 'Beeb' was not the only broadcaster suckered into running
>> > Microsoft's propaganda as a 'current affairs' item.
>>
>> NBC and CNN are just a couple among many that fall under the same
>> category. They are dependent on Microsoft, so they have no guts to say the
>> truth. It's a suppressive cycle of fear and reward.
>>
> They are bad enough, but this makes the 'Beeb' far worse in comparison
> as it is not dependent on advertising pounds/ dollars.
It's perspective is possibly affected by those who come in touch with the
reporters over lunch. Journalists mingle with friends (or friends of
friends) who are 'field experts'. As it stands, technical folks who watch
over the Web site are likely to pass on the 'Microsoft religion'. It's a
case of 'in Rome, act like a Roman'.
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