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http://www.xkcd.com/756/
I've reparsed the alt-text several times, and it still doesn't make any
sense to me...
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On 6/22/2010 5:50 AM, Invisible wrote:
> http://www.xkcd.com/756/
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> I've reparsed the alt-text several times, and it still doesn't make any
> sense to me...
They're embracing what is going to be their downfall.
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> They're embracing what is going to be their downfall.
Oh, I see. So the hypothesis is that a bunch of bored teenagers sitting
on Facebook are going to destroy the global news corporations?
Well, I suppose it's theoretically plausible...
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On 22/06/2010 11:50 AM, Invisible wrote:
> http://www.xkcd.com/756/
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> I've reparsed the alt-text several times, and it still doesn't make any
> sense to me...
Makes sense to me.
--
Best Regards,
Stephen
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On 6/22/2010 6:00 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 ... or a bunch of bored teenagers will scoop
them on anything newsworthy and they'll lose ratings.
That second scenario seems unlikely, but then ...
--
~Mike
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>> 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
> or a bunch of bored teenagers will scoop
> them on anything newsworthy and they'll lose ratings.
>
> That second scenario seems unlikely, but then ...
Heh, whatever.
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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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On 6/22/2010 9:39 AM, Mike Raiford wrote:
> Soo.. "Iceberg, dead ahead! ... Hey, you guys want snowcones? makes"
> perfect sense.
>
And I can't seem to ge.t my punctuation right
--
~Mike
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On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:49:19 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
> On 6/22/2010 9:39 AM, Mike Raiford wrote:
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>> Soo.. "Iceberg, dead ahead! ... Hey, you guys want snowcones? makes"
>> perfect sense.
>>
>>
> And I can't seem to ge.t my punctuation right
My read was more "news is no longer about news but getting people's
opinions on the news; let's see what people think about that".
It's self-referential humour pointing out that opinions are the new
"news" - and facts don't matter to the news business.
I've long held that the "news" media is more about telling people what to
think than reporting facts and letting people decide for themselves what
to think about it.
Part of the first line says it all: "The media, rather than informing
people, now merely report on public ignorance." Then they actively
demonstrate that by saying "so, what do people think?"
Jim
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> I've reparsed the alt-text several times, and it still doesn't make any
> sense to me...
You have to parse the sentence properly:
News networks
giving a greater voice to viewers
(because the social web is so popular)
are like a chef on the Titanic who
(seeing the looming iceberg and fleeing customers)
figures ice is the future and starts making snow cones.
--
- Warp
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