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Len Bullard wrote: > > I think we will see more blogs like that, and just as 'intelligent > > design' is making its way into school science classes, > > more superstition will be presented as credible theories > > because those capable of refuting them refuse to take > > the time. Jeff Rafter wrote: > Is that the point? To equate the "Rigged aggregators" blog with belief > in God is offensive. That's an interesting characterization of Len's comments. It's certainly not the conclusion I'd draw from his remarks. The fundamental issue is bloggers/RSS/Atom have dramatically increased the content being presented as news -- and many authors do not follow journalism's rule about fact checking. Perhaps we need to update specs such as Dublin Core and RSS to include a <factChecker> element. ======== Ken North =========== www.WebServicesSummit.com www.SQLSummit.com www.GridSummit.com
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