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Re: [OT] Shameless troll ;o)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 3, 2006, 23:29 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> That said, journalists are actually supposed to be biased (how can you have
> opinions for something you don't think anything about?), but in a stylishly
> blasé and preferrably entertaining sort of way.

I happened to read two or three articles of Dan Lyons (yes, I read Groklaw and tried to find out if Dan Lyons really investigated the facts, or left out unpleasing details deliberately). I found that he not only lacks in style, but in presenting all the facts.

It's one thing to be biased.

It's another thing completely, to leave out facts you don't want to be true.

As Linus said, everybody is opinionated. But if somebody twists the facts to say something what they didn't originally, I don't read his articles any longer. As simple as that.

Ciao, Dscho

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  5. Johannes SchindelinJan 3, 2006
  6. H. Peter AnvinJan 3, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsJan 3, 2006
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  12. Linus TorvaldsJan 4, 2006
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