[22156] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Li)
Wed Dec 9 17:44:39 1998
To: avg@alink.net (Vadim Antonov)
cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Tony Li <tli@juniper.net>
Date: 09 Dec 1998 14:24:00 -0800
In-Reply-To: avg@alink.net's message of 9 Dec 98 21:59:37 GMT
avg@alink.net (Vadim Antonov) writes:
> Am i paranoid, or is mass-media hell-bent on propaganda of antisocial
> behavior in the Internet?
>
> Or are they just really clueless?
They found out a long time ago that controversy and sensationalism sells
papers. This predates the Internet or its founders.
Tony
