Replies

It's a good thing that there was a (very) verbose article, because I take everything from Slashdot with a very large amount of salt.

Case in point, here's an article on "Internet is Killing the Newspaper" and some of the brilliant groupthink comments:

I'd say people end up being far more informed. Major newspapers will never present worthwhile news, because it is too costly for them. They most likely will not report on the misdeeds of major advertisers. Likewise, in America especially, if they question the administration they'll immediately lose their press access. Thus all they can do is put out bullshit, and hope that people continue to buy their papers. But it looks like people are catching on, and thus people aren't buying their papers.

Then again, many news websites are not as tied up. They can offer viewpoints that the major papers could never think of presenting. Even if their news is incorrect, it still may provoke thought in its readers, perhaps enough for them to investigate other news sources, and hence to make up their own mind based on the information they can obtain.

and

The last 5 years have seen all the media here become totally none critical of politicians. Prior to 9/11, the media would actually research and the print interesting news about the national and local politicians. Now, I have found that Al Jazeera/BBC does a better job of reporting on our national stuff than does Denver Post and Rocky mountain news (with Al Jazeera you have to treat it like Old Pravda/ Current fox news and be careful of propoganda). Sad state of affairs.

Granted, these are just two opinions, but it's the groupthink there. Try reading this article on Is the US Becoming Anti-Science? and try not to vomit with liberal BS.

Try reading this article on Is the US Becoming Anti-Science? and try not to vomit with liberal BS.

No thanks. I know what is useful to read at /. and what is not. In this case the article itself is fairly insightful in itself. I suspect the details will be beyond most people, but as long as the message "beware Sony/BMG" gets out, that's all I want. I think this DRM stuff is evil, and is one of hte main reason I don't buy anything anymore except what I find at second-hand stores.