[LINK] Newspapers online

[Kim Holburn]

On 2010/Mar/30, at 4:05 PM, David Goldstein wrote:

> Since when is a metric required for discussion on Link? With the  
> exception of Roger and Tom, there's very little evidence-based  
> discussion here.

Good misdirection and ad hominem riposte.  So basically your list of  
"quality" newspapers is based on your gut feeling, not any actual  
measurement of anything?  Anybody could make up a list and why would  
it be any more or less valid than yours?


> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Kim Holburn <kim at holburn.net>
>> To: Link list <link at anu.edu.au>
>> Sent: Tue, 30 March, 2010 3:50:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [LINK] Newspapers online
>>
>>
> On 2010/Mar/30, at 2:50 PM, David Goldstein wrote:
>
>> Quality
>> newspapers - UK (Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian,
>> Independent,
>> FT), US (New York Times, Washington Post, WSJ),
>> Australia
>> (Australian), Germany (Die Zeit, Frankfurter Zeitung),
>> France (Le
>> Monde)... to begin. In the UK and Australia, well, that's
>> it...
>> the other countries there are other newspapers one could add.
>
> I didn't
>> ask what newspapers you consider quality papers, I asked what
> metric
>> do you use?
>
> Metric: A metric is a measure for quantitatively
>> assessing,
> controlling or selecting a person, process, event, or
>> institution,
> along with the procedures to carry out measurements and
>> the procedures
> for the interpretation of the assessment in the light
>> of previous or
> comparable assessments.
>
> In other words how would
>> you measure this "quality"?  Is there an
> objective way of
>> measuring this or is it just your opinion?
>

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