Trusting the News
(Silicon Valley)
"One of these days, someone is going to change the online news pages of the Wall Street Journal or New York Time or CNN or other major news organization, in a way that does severe damage. Maybe the false story will set off a financial panic. Or maybe it'll simply cause one company's stock to tank, enriching whoever was behind the hack. Whatever the cause, and whatever the outcome, it will damage trust. In the Digital Age, the public trust in running a prominent news operation involves more than solid reporting and editing." Ooh, starting a financial panic, based on false pretenses. That would be cool. Here, "professional" journalist Dan Gillmor sounds off in the wake of a security breach at the NY Times. He surmises the ramifications of someone getting into a major paper and actually rewriting the news, and frets that trust in the media would be lost. Wait a minute? You mean, we should trust the media? But why? Because they tell us the truths that the rich and powerful want us to hear? Where was this guy when Enron was forcing me shut off my computers last summer? Was he giving us the real story? Where was he when Dubya was ascending to the White House via voter fraud? Did he go deeper, and tell us the authentic truths? Really, now, what do journalists and the media , circa 2002, deliver that remotely demands our trust? From your silences, BoyCaught can guess your answer: nothing.
Blogged: Wednesday, February 27, 2002

(warning: some of these links may have expired)

1. Pakistan kite festival 'kills 10'
   Blogged: Monday, February 26, 2007
2. London explosions: Your accounts
   Blogged: Thursday, July 7, 2005
3. The Interactive Truth
   (New York Times)
   Blogged: Friday, June 17, 2005
4. Police think bus may have been driven to cocaine transactions
   (SFGate.com)
   Blogged: Monday, March 21, 2005
5. From China's secret to a worldwide alarm
   (International Herald Tribune)
   Blogged: Monday, April 7, 2003
6. Seven die in shuttle disaster
   Blogged: Saturday, February 1, 2003
7. Rescued Pa. Miners Recount Ordeal
   (Yahoo! News)
   Blogged: Sunday, July 28, 2002
8. NY Man Sues, Claiming Fast Food Ruined His Health
   (Yahoo! News)
   Blogged: Saturday, July 27, 2002
9. Trusting the News
   (Silicon Valley)
   Blogged: Wednesday, February 27, 2002
10. TheMoscowTimes.com
    Blogged: Sunday, January 27, 2002
11. get your war on
    Blogged: Sunday, October 21, 2001
12. WTC wreckage guards buried treasure of COMEX gold
    (Yahoo! News)
    Blogged: Saturday, September 15, 2001
13. Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
    Blogged: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
14. Jane's Regional Security Digest
    Blogged: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
15. Apparent terrorist attacks hit U.S.
    (CNN.com)
    Blogged: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
16. 100 Days of Bush
    (OnPolitics (washingtonpost.com))
    Blogged: Monday, May 7, 2001
17. In pictures: Mir's return
    Blogged: Friday, March 23, 2001
18. Controversial Powell statements blamed on slip of the tongue
    (CNN.com)
    Blogged: Thursday, March 15, 2001
19. IT
    Blogged: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
20. Is Bush Continuing His Dad's Iraq Policy?
    (ABCNEWS.com)
    Blogged: Sunday, February 18, 2001
21. Clinton to rent office space in Harlem
    (Yahoo! News)
    Blogged: Wednesday, February 14, 2001
22. U.S. Sub Collides With Fishing Boat
    (LA Times)
    Blogged: Sunday, February 11, 2001
23. Silicon Valley Zapped By Power Outage
    (Techweb)
    Blogged: Thursday, January 18, 2001
24. African dream
    (Media Guardian)
    Blogged: Saturday, January 13, 2001