On 6/22/2010 7:48 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> Oh, I see. So the hypothesis is that a bunch of bored teenagers sitting
>>> on Facebook are going to destroy the global news corporations?
>>
>> More to the effect that the social internet will expose them for the
>> hacks and frauds they are ...
>
> Is this the same social Internet that brought us the moon landings
> conspiracy, the "Bush planned 9/11 so he could invade Iraq" theories,
> and the "evolution is flawed" nonesense?
>
> I don't think I'll hold my breath. :-P

I think my interpretation is flawed. The following now makes perfect sense:

The news media will take all the wacky stories found on the social web 
and report them as fact.

Actually, I've seen a few news reports that took on internet BS... One 
noteworthy was "Mars will be visible and as big as the moon on xx day"

Uhh, yeah.

Soo.. "Iceberg, dead ahead! ... Hey, you guys want snowcones? makes" 
perfect sense.

-- 
~Mike

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