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Re: Another Schestowitz bogus headline (was Re: [News] Gates Fundation [sic] Tries to Push GNU/Linux Out of OLPC)

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:40:37 -0600,
 chrisv <chrisv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Linonut wrote:
>
>>* Erik Funkenbusch fired off this tart reply:
>>
>>> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:44:04 -0500, Linonut wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Here's a hint for you Roy:
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're reporting the news, Ethically, you're not supposed to mix your
>>>>> own speculation with that "news", especially if you don't identify it as
>>>>> such.
>>>> 
>>>> Don't be silly, Erik.  This is COLA.  If we believed uncritically
>>>> everything that was read here, we'd even believe /you/!  <evil grin>
>>>
>>> You don't see me claiming my comments are "news", do you?  If he's not
>>> reporting the news, that makes his comments even more spam, don't you
>>> think?
>>
>>Not in the least.  A newbie might make that mistake, for a few minutes,
>>but we all know that they are articles collected by Roy with his
>>agenda in mind, with hurried headlines that let you know what /he's/
>>thinking the article might mean.
>
> Nah...  I think we should hold Roy to the same standards as, say,
> Walter Cronkite.
>
> (rolling eyes)
>   


Or Dan Rather, or the NYT. :)

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