Re: UKNM: Top 12 Internet scams

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Ian Betteridge wrote:

> 

> > Why do people complain about Jo using the internet to do article research?

> 

> My god, for the first time ever I agree with Ray...

> 

> The grand journalist tradition of "asking other people" rather than "just

> making all the figures up" lives on.


having teased jo about this in the past:


it's not the asking of the questions that's annoying, it's the fact that

it seems to start here, rather than with any of the

varied/useful/detailed public domain sources. 


"Hi! I'm writing an internet article! Can you look this up on yahoo for

me?"


Do some research, formulate a hypothesis, and then bounce it off us,

would probably be better approach. 


and you, young mister betteridge, I refer to my previous comment about

alcohol and press releases.


stefan


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