Who's the anti-Semite now, fuckhead? Personally, I read his books at the library where they are free, unlike you right-wing fucknuts who need to own all the right-wing books while having lurid sexual fantasies about throat fucking Rush Limbaugh. So fuck you!!!
You miss the whole point of reporting. They're not supposed to be experts. They're not supposed to put their own knowledge in the article at all. They're supposed to go out and find experts, and put their knowledge in the article. By your logic, a random guy who can write and knows some physics is more qualified to write than a person who can write well (and they can, despite what you seem to think), and gets their information from an expert in the field.
Actually, a person who knows physics well and can write tolerably (say, Lee Smollin or Roger Penrose or any one of a large number of lesser known or virtually unknown physicists) would be able to convey a new physics concept or describe some ongoing physics research much better than some journalist who doesn't know Schroedinger's equation from Maxwell's equations or what "those funny upside-down triangles with arrows over them" are.
The biggest problem with journalists, and yes I have known several, is that they think they actually know something and are qualified to report on anything. When you want to write an article, what's the use of finding an expert if you don't really understand what the hell is saying to you??? That's why in articles about science, religion, philosophy, politics, hell even the spelling of people's names, there is so much incorrect information because so many journalists are arrogant snobs who don't know what they are talking about.
I've been reading news "online" since 1984 when I received my first Hayes 300 baud full length internal ISA modem.
Oh, that's nothing. Long before I started reading news online using my TRS-80 and 300 baud hand dialup modem, I was receiving reports direct by teletype using a teletype machine in the basement of my parents house (I was 15 at the time, not some hopeless basement-dwelling geek). Oh, the sound of the clacking keys and the smell of the fresh ink splattered on not-so-fresh paper! Oh the memories!
Your average reporter is a journalism major. That means no background in science, math, accounting, architecture, art, business, law enforcement, law, administration, history beyond Roe v Wade, social studies, geography, military history, or anything else requiring a triple digit IQ. Oh, and their the lowest life form at the paper and are paid the least and have the most turnover. It's easy to why the articles are so shallow.
No kidding! I've had the intense displeasure of meeting several journalists, or being classmates with former journalists. Good grief, these people are dense! They actually take their sensationalistic bullshit seriously! Half the time, I wasn't even able to keep myself from laughing out loud at them. Between journalists and lawyers, I think a good dose of machine gun death is in order.
The court has ordered Sharman to release a new version of Kazaa by 5 December that includes a non-optional keyword filter, restricting users' ability to illegally access and swap copyright music.
Uh-oh, they did it now! They squeezed the Sharman!
Slashdot Mirror
Who's the anti-Semite now, fuckhead? Personally, I read his books at the library where they are free, unlike you right-wing fucknuts who need to own all the right-wing books while having lurid sexual fantasies about throat fucking Rush Limbaugh. So fuck you!!!
Actually, a person who knows physics well and can write tolerably (say, Lee Smollin or Roger Penrose or any one of a large number of lesser known or virtually unknown physicists) would be able to convey a new physics concept or describe some ongoing physics research much better than some journalist who doesn't know Schroedinger's equation from Maxwell's equations or what "those funny upside-down triangles with arrows over them" are.
The biggest problem with journalists, and yes I have known several, is that they think they actually know something and are qualified to report on anything. When you want to write an article, what's the use of finding an expert if you don't really understand what the hell is saying to you??? That's why in articles about science, religion, philosophy, politics, hell even the spelling of people's names, there is so much incorrect information because so many journalists are arrogant snobs who don't know what they are talking about.
Oh, that's nothing. Long before I started reading news online using my TRS-80 and 300 baud hand dialup modem, I was receiving reports direct by teletype using a teletype machine in the basement of my parents house (I was 15 at the time, not some hopeless basement-dwelling geek). Oh, the sound of the clacking keys and the smell of the fresh ink splattered on not-so-fresh paper! Oh the memories!
No kidding! I've had the intense displeasure of meeting several journalists, or being classmates with former journalists. Good grief, these people are dense! They actually take their sensationalistic bullshit seriously! Half the time, I wasn't even able to keep myself from laughing out loud at them. Between journalists and lawyers, I think a good dose of machine gun death is in order.
Crayon! You're, like, so behind the times. By 2010, we'll probably have headlines like "[insert President's name here] is the suxx0rs!"
Uh-oh, they did it now! They squeezed the Sharman!