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Re: [OT] Shameless troll ;o)

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jan 4, 2006, 00:06 UTC
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> The fact is, they all have their biases. The fact that open source tends 
> to strike a chord with them and they almost universally end up 
> understanding about freedom of the GPL kind is usually a big help. The 
> fact that some have other biases don't make them worse journalists. It 
> just means that you see different kinds of stories from them.

Btw, I actually in many ways prefer the critical ones over the positive ones, which may be one reason I actually appreciate Dan Lyons even though obviously a lot of people don't. I find it interesting to see what the other side thinks, even if it's often something you know is wrong.

The fact is, journalists seldom get any tech story really right. If they did, they'd be technical people. You can react to it two ways: either realize that some people see it that way (which can be illuminating - if only because you might realize that stories you _believed_ in might not be exactly true either) or just dismissing the story and the teller of the story.

Yeah, I even watch Fox news occasionally.

I think the news stories that disagree with our own beliefs are often the ones that tell us the most. 

Admittedly, sometimes they just tell us that people are idiots ;)
			Linus
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  1. waltJan 3, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsJan 3, 2006
  3. Randal L. SchwartzJan 3, 2006
  4. Theodore Ts'oJan 3, 2006
  5. Johannes SchindelinJan 3, 2006
  6. H. Peter AnvinJan 3, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsJan 3, 2006
  8. Theodore Ts'oJan 3, 2006
  9. Andreas EricssonJan 3, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinJan 3, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsJan 3, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsJan 4, 2006
  13. Chuck LeverJan 4, 2006
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