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Microsoft Spinning Against OpenDocument Via Fox News

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the strangest-thing-you'll-see-lately dept.

srwalter writes "As previously reported, Fox News previously ran an article by James Prendergast criticizing Massachussetts for switching to OpenDocument format. Today, Fox News has distanced itself from that article significantly. In a new front page story they post several emails in defense of Massachussetts and OpenDocument in general, as well as apologize for not acknowledging that Prendergast's organization is funded by Microsoft."

8 of 559 comments (clear)

  1. Fair and Balanced... by delcielo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good for them. For once they truly seem fair and balanced.

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    1. Re:Fair and Balanced... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, they just post duplicates.

    2. Re:Fair and Balanced... by jrumney · · Score: 5, Funny
      1. We Report (incorrectly)
      2. You Decide (without RTFA)
      3. We Report (duplicate)
      4. ....
      5. Profit!
  2. In other news... by zwilliams07 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Today during a recent survey funded by Micro$oft. Playstation 3 will give you brain tumors, and Nintendo Revolution gives you Cancer.

  3. What teh..!? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    "FUD"?
    "Microsoft has a long and well-documented history of not supporting standards."?
    "embrace and extend practice"?

    O.O OH boy, those ARE slashdotters' comments!
    Guys, we're on FOXnews! :D

  4. Re:Politics? by Wilson_6500 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear this Bill O'Reilly guy is a little right-of-center.

  5. Re:Politics? by Delphiki · · Score: 3, Funny
    Heck, one could make the case that Slashdot is extremely biased and inaccurate every day.

    One could also make cases for the following:

    • 1 + 1 = 2
    • The sky is blue.
    • Bill Gates is rich.
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  6. Re:Nice job, but yer playin' with fire! by Absentminded-Artist · · Score: 3, Funny

    Be careful. You just said something positive about FoxNews. Groupthink around here is that FoxNews is in bed with Satan. Waitaminute, groupthink around here holds religion to be bad, too.

    At any rate, to go and point out that FoxNews corrected the actual news article in question and took full responsibility while also posting dissenting views flies in the face of all the posts above yours. Never mess with groupthink, man. Groupthink still holds to the belief that conservatives believe Sadam Hussein bombed the WTC. You go and confront groupthink with actual facts and you'll get it all grumpy and everything...

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