Isn't it obvious? It's one of the first things I learned in school. Be critical about what you read!
Don’t believe everything you read
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Re: Don’t believe everything you read
#92What he's missing is that he seems to think this is unique to gaming or tech news. It's not. I've worked with 'Journalists' from prestigious institutions like the New York times and the New Yorker, and it's little better.
Collect some dirt, regurgitate some quotables with a little polish, copy some "facts" from Wikipedia (without attribution, ensuring that Wikipedia eventually cites the crap news article for non-factual facts), and we're off to the races.
Re: Don’t believe everything you read
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you willingly put your name on something, you have editorial responsibility.
Yes, the article is on http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ . How many people are going to realize that it's not actually yahoo news?
It is Yahoo News, it says so everywhere on the webpage.
Re: Don’t believe everything you read
#94What he's missing is that he seems to think this is unique to gaming or tech news. It's not. I've worked with 'Journalists' from prestigious institutions like the New York times and the New Yorker, and it's little better. Collect some dirt, regurgitate some quotables with a little polish, copy some "facts" from Wikipedia (without attribution, ensuring that Wikipedia eventually cites the crap news article for non-fact…
Relevant xkcd: http://xkcd.com/978/.