[LINK] Balance the enemy of facts (was Re: Jobs not all bad)

[Fernando Cassia]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 20:27, Richard Chirgwin
<rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> I can't say too much about the business secrets of The Register, but a
> story about the Higgs Boson experiments at CERN went well into
> six-figures for hits in about two days. No fake controversy required.

Dear Colleague,

I wasn´t supporting "fake controversy", but controversy exists most of
the time, and adding it to a news report just adds spice to the news
story.

When did El Reg exit the IT Tabloid business and became a scientific
journal?. ;-P

Mike Magee would be horrified.

FC
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