[clug] [OT] The Register is trying to crowfund $100-$250K for indep study on NBN

[matt andrews]

Peh, The Register.  They used to be interesting on tech stories in the
mid-noughties... but given their track record of broadcasting anti-science
climate-denial rubbish in recent years, they have no credibility whatsoever
these days in my eyes.  Might as well be reading a News Limited tabloid.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist/2010/oct/11/2
http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0712-telegraph-poor-science-journalism.html
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2012/06/fimbul-ice-shelf-not-melting-as-fast-as-thought-and-why-this-does-not-mean-the-antarctic-is-not-losing-ice

... etc etc.



On 20 June 2013 20:31, steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au> wrote:

> Alex Satrapa wrote on 20/06/13 7:16 PM:
>
> > I cancelled my RSS feed of The Register when they started spewing
> > forth far too much Samsung love and Apple hate (about two years ago
> > from memory). Have they changed recently, or are they still
> > Fandroids?
>
> No idea, I came across the link elsewise.
>
> >
> > If they can't practise some journalistic independence when writing
> > about the technology that is important to them, how can you expect
> > them to exercise any discipline with their "study"?
> >
> > Alex
>
> They're not doing the study, they're commissioning companies that do
> this sort work. The proposed questions were listed in 1st email.
>
> If you contribute $100, you get to write something short for them about
> your concerns and contribute to the questions.
>
> Only game in town, so far. Hope its better than nothing.
>
>
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