Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: >> never believe what you read in the press! - ruben >Yep, and stumble around in the dark. Ruben has a valid point. If the press as a whole has such low standards of fact checking that it's gotten to the point that many people don't believe what they read, how is that the readers' problem? Whenever I know anything about a technical topic, I'll find all sorts of errors whenever it is reported in the general press. Peer-reviewed journals seem to be pretty reliable. But that's because peers are reviewing the material instead of journalists. So how am I supposed to trust the general press to keep me accurately informed when I don't have the resources to vet the article? Bottom line...I don't. So yes, unfortunately, we do stumble around in the dark about topics of which we don't know. I treat all news items as editorial/opinion pieces. In the end, that's what they are. Eric - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html