News coverage, Verisign etc.
Robert A. Hayden
rhayden at geek.net
Wed Oct 8 19:32:30 UTC 2003
"Verisign Highjacks Internet"
That should work :-)
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>
> At 03:06 PM 08/10/2003, up at 3.am wrote:
>
>
> >In these days of corporate malfeasance scandal coverage, you'd think that
> >Verisign's tactics would have whetted the appetite of some bright
> >investigative reporter for one of the major publications.
>
> Too difficult and obscure a topic to make interesting. Its even worse than
> the S&L scandal of the 80s. Things like ice statues pissing vodka at
> private million dollar parties are easy to cover in that a picture says it
> all.... There is no easy way to convey this issue to the general public in
> just a few words and at the same time not put them to sleep....
>
> ---Mike
>
>
> >On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I have gotten a reasoned response from the technology editor of the
> > > Washington Post, and we are discussing things. While I wouldn't have
> > > done it that way, he had a rational explanation of why the story was
> > > written the way it was, and definitely indicating there will be
> > > continuing coverage of the issue. He believes there's always room
> > > for improving coverage.
> > >
> >
> >James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
> >up at 3.am http://3.am
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>
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