I do not believe being on the NYT front page is a good thing. We do not have
an article per stuff on NYT front page.
- White Cat
On 6/28/07, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/27/07, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Also it is a beefed up slanderous article on an
individual. Since Essjay
isn't a public figure this (the article) borderlines harassment of an
individual.
There are truly public figures, and people who've done something that
became widely newsworthy.
While Essjay may not be a public figure, he did something that was
evidently widely newsworthy.
You can spin this, and our community can decide to spin how we deal
with the situation, but the fact remains that what he did was widely
reported.
This is both good for the community ("Look, if we screw up, we make
the front page of the New York Times, we must have arrived!") and bad
for the community ("Look, ...").
--
-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com
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