[63607] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sitefinder fan - this guy needs a clue.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Wed Oct 8 12:56:45 2003
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1065605355@imac-en0.delong.sj.ca.us>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:55:56 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@gettcomm.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 9:29 AM -0700 10/8/03, Owen DeLong wrote:
>On the CNET article that ZDNET seems to have copied lock stock and barrel,
>he did actually identify himself as a Verisign VP in the by line. As such,
>I think this is ZD's fault, not McLaughlin's. I don't have any love lost
>for Verisign, but, I think we need to be very careful to stick to criticisms
>that can stick to them. Otherwise, they will divert attention to our false
>claims and use them to prove that we are the net.kooks they are trying to
>make us out to be.
>
>Owen
>
In the news/media business, focused complaints to an editor (or
ombudsman when one exists) about unfair/inaccurate attribution tend
to get noticed. In such a communication, identify only enough about
the story that it's clear an attribution was omitted or only one side
is being presented.
