[WikiEN-l] Bruce McMahan

[Oldak Quill]

On 29/03/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> Maybe.  If it's judged significant.  Which, in this case, it clearly
> is not, since nobody else seems to be running with it.  Have you read
> their follow-up stories?  It looks *awfully* like a vendetta.

This argument is not valid. Significance of a particular item of
information cannot be judged based upon the number of papers which run
with the story. There are many factors which influence whether a
newspaper reports an item of information, regardless of its factual
accuracy and significance. Perhaps the most important of these factors
is that almost all newspapers have a political point of view which
influences the perceived significance of some information.

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