Comments on: Online "Journalism" Approaching New Low http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4304/ News of interest to Delphi, .NET, and InterBase programmers Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dean Hill http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4304/#comment-350 Dean Hill Thu, 19 May 2005 13:52:52 +0000 http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4282/#comment-350 What makes the whole situation disgusting is firstly the way personal information and insults can be so readily published as "news" and then how the publishing company who approved the article and indicated that they found nothing wrong with the article, all of a sudden says "To Our Valued Readers: (May 13, 2005) - Our syndication arrangement with <br>LinuxGram has recently ended after ethical questions raised by our readers in <br>one of the articles published in last week's issue. I agree with their view on <br>this matter and we pulled the article shortly after it was published. <br>I apologize to our readers, to the open source community, our LinuxWorld <br>editors, and Ms. Pamela Jones for publishing the article. <br>Fuat Kircaali Publisher, SYS-CON Media" What makes the whole situation disgusting is firstly the way personal information and insults can be so readily published as "news" and then how the publishing company who approved the article and indicated that they found nothing wrong with the article, all of a sudden says "To Our Valued Readers: (May 13, 2005) - Our syndication arrangement with

LinuxGram has recently ended after ethical questions raised by our readers in

one of the articles published in last week’s issue. I agree with their view on

this matter and we pulled the article shortly after it was published.

I apologize to our readers, to the open source community, our LinuxWorld

editors, and Ms. Pamela Jones for publishing the article.

Fuat Kircaali Publisher, SYS-CON Media"

]]> By: Craig http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4304/#comment-87 Craig Sat, 14 May 2005 09:01:43 +0000 http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4282/#comment-87 I think the standard of journalism in general is pretty low these days. Ever watched Fox News? I think the standard of journalism in general is pretty low these days. Ever watched Fox News?

]]> By: Jim McKeeth http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4304/#comment-86 Jim McKeeth Fri, 13 May 2005 12:35:02 +0000 http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2005/05/13/4282/#comment-86 Amen. <br> <br>And to think the so called professional Journalists are critical of Blog fact checking. Amen.

And to think the so called professional Journalists are critical of Blog fact checking.

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