View Single Post
  #19   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 26-03-2008, 01:47
Alan Anderson's Avatar
Alan Anderson Alan Anderson is offline
Software Architect
FRC #0045 (TechnoKats)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Posts: 9,113
Alan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Putting Spirit and Opportunity to sleep?!?

Quote:
Originally Posted by robotcanuck1676 View Post
...when I read that on the AP...
[RANT]
I have learned to avoid giving the AP too much credibility.

I've been part of, or have had inside knowledge of, several "newsworthy" events that got mangled to the point of unrecognizability by the Associated Press. Don't try to defend them by saying that they just pick up stories from other sources -- I've seen how they edit those stories, leave out important context, juxtapose things to make people seem to say the thing which is not, and occasionally add a word or two of invented detail just to make it more attention-getting.

On top of many primary sources failing to get the details perfectly correct, this makes a lot of what goes through AP unreliable enough that I can't trust any of it.
[/RANT]
Reply With Quote