2009/6/16 Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com>om>:
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Charles
Matthews<charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "... encyclopedias have been made better by
the advent of the internet,
> but newspapers have been made worse: the cumulative impact of the
> readers’ comments that can now be appended online to almost any article
> tends to diminish most forms of human understanding."
I don't get it. Reader communities are one of the
few ways a newspaper
reporting a global story can distinguish itself from every other paper
on the net.
Yes, but actually reading them too often makes one want to spork one's
brain out.
http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/ - "best" of the BBC
"Have Your Say"
- d.