On 08/07/07, Steven Walling steven.walling@gmail.com wrote:
Andrew, a newssource is not "reasonably good" when it sensationalizes minor stories and even prints patent falsehoods. I arrived at the conclusion that the Register is not a reliable source after not just this awful mess of an article, but several others on varied topics. Such as one once used as the primary source of info in the FA-class Guinea pig article ...
Um. I think this demonstrates the problem. You can be a good source on some topics and a terrible source on others...
...so why did anyone imagine a site known solely for specialist technical journalism would be dealing with *guinea pigs* as anything but "and in amusing filler news..."?