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Shows how easy it is to manipulate the press. That was true in the 1990s and its true now. Lots of stories in Wired, NYT, WSJ etc. are prompted by vendors PR ag
by newsio 17y ago
Shows how easy it is to manipulate the press. That was true in the 1990s and its true now. Lots of stories in Wired, NYT, WSJ etc. are prompted by vendors PR agencies, and do not ask enough critical questions about revenue, business models, product claims, and more.
- JunkDNA 17y agoYes, and the image of the cover of WIRED is very telling. They have especially suffered from this over the years. For every great piece like the one Neal Stephenson wrote on the people who deploy undersea cables (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html), it seems like you get ten like the one shown in the article.