[67446] in Cypherpunks
Re: FUCK!!!!!!;-)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Sun Oct 6 11:36:27 1996
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 08:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
To: Troy Varange <varange@crl.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199610050310.AA01791@crl5.crl.com>
Will is hardly a "media monopoly" representive, or someone who spits out
"ADS as news."
If his longtime reading of the cypherpunks mailing list wasn't a good
enough clue, you may remember that Will broke the Clipper III story
earlier this year.
And yes, I am a card-carrying member of the media -- and a fan of Will's
writing.
-Declan
HotWired
Washington, DC
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Troy Varange wrote:
> > >Or maybe this journalist, like most, doesn't know what the fuck he's
> > >talking about?
> >
> > To which this card-carrying member of the media replies:
> >
> > Companies cited in the PRESS RELEASE - that means public relations product,
> > not journalism product - were involved in signing off on what went into the
> > release. By definition, no member of the press was involved in producing
> > this document
> >
> > It seems directing questions to the companies would be a good idea.
> >
> > Will Rodger
> > Washington Bureau Chief
> > Interactive Week.
>
> You media monopoly asswipes love corporate press releases because
> your too cheap to hire real journalists.
>
> Yes, there's a problem with publishing ADS as news. Look at the
> magazine shelfs and the newspapers for proof.
>
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
