18 Nov 2003
Big Media and Tech News

Why tech news delivered by "Big Media" is usually so woefully ignorant:

Blissful Ignorance: Placement Prostituting the Press. Andrew McLaughlin, in his excellent dismemberment of the BBC's report on the "IPv4 address crisis", is observing not a random piece of sloppy research, but the success of settled policy. That policy, pursued by public relations companies serving information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) companies, is simple to sum up: "identify, support and encourage technically ignorant journalism" [CircleID]

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Sacrifice

If you pray before you kill the bird, you're in an "evil, pagan, ancient bloodthirsty cult" - if you pray after it's cooked, you're having Thanksgiving dinner!

Santeria Priest, Mayor Threatened After Animal Sacrifice
[from WNBC via Pagan Prattle]

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Religious Drug Warriors

More perils of the "Drug War" ... note that even after the uproar, they're still displaying some perfectly legal reading material as "contraband" ...

Religious books removed from drug items display after inquiry
[from The Tennesean via Pagan Prattle]

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