> > > > As I've said /repeatedly/ -- my issue is not with the format
> > > > (i.e., wiki vs non-wiki).
> > > >
> > > > I firmly believe there is a limit, probably in the single digits,
> > > > to the number of places any specific piece of info or data _needs_
> > > > to be, on-line. Others appear to be arguing that the limit -if
> > > > there is one- is closer infinity.
> <snip>
> > Cheryl Singhals <singhals@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> I told myself I wouldn't get involved in this thread any more than I
already
> have, but I just can't help myself.
>
> Time, Newsweek and US News all re****t the same information in much the
same
> format, week after week after week. CNN, Fox, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC all
> re****t the same news, in very much the same way, day in and day out.
Even
> the daily newspapers re****t the same national and international news
from
> day to day. Would you then suggest that we combine'em all into one
super
> newsmagazine, one mega-newspaper and one universal news broadcast?
After
> all, they're all doing the same thing in much the same way and, by your
> logic, there's no need for redundancy.
>
> I agree that there's a finite limit to the number of places one is ABLE
to
> go for some information. At the same time, though, I don't believe
there
> should be a limit on the number of places one CAN go. Yeah, there's only
so
> much that can be said about Charleston, only so many variations on the
> theme. But how many of those sources have a different slant, some
tidbit
> the others don't? I really think that's the fallacy of your argument:
while
> there's almost infinite repetition of the basic information on any given
> topic, it's always possible to find some place where that odd, seemingly
> unim****tant tidbit is lurking that'll make all the difference. One size
> definitely does not fit all.
>
> Bob Melson <melsonr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Our media is now owned by only six cor****ations.
They get the news off of the news wires.
A lot of the news you hear on the various newscasts are actually Press
Releases and they have to be paid for.
Example: When you hear something about a smoke study, they are all
financed thru the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, formed by Johnson
& Johnson who owns at 260 pharmaceuticals (makers of the no smoke
products). The financing is done in the form of grants to
organizations ALSO formed or funded by grants by the same. The
press releases or news goes to the wires and the media outlets pick
up the most social issues and only QUOTE what was wrote in the press
release. Your newscaster does not rewrite them.
Here is one of a few of where your news and press releases begin at.
It is NOT free.
http://www.prnewswire.com/
[ All, this has the potential for digressing into a political
discussion. Let's not go there. ;) I'll silently drop any
posts that don't bring this back to genealogy ... - Mod ]
"Donna \(History Buff\) M. St. Felix" <dstfelix@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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