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Re: Improved Debian Project Emergency Communications



On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 00:18 GMT, John Hasler penned:
> Monique wrote:
>> I read slashdot, too, and I read it enough to realize that their
>> stories are as often misinformation as news.
> 
> Slashdot is about as accurate as are "real" news media.  The
> difference is that Slashdot publishes corrections.

I disagree.  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.

It's not uncommon to have 2-3 news items a day that completely missed
the point, or misrepresented the point, of the article or technology on
which they're reporting.

-- 
monique



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