Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bonnie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!jww From: jww@bonnie.UUCP (Joel West) Newsgroups: net.micro,net.mag Subject: Re: Infoworld Message-ID: <409@bonnie.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 08:23:44 EST Article-I.D.: bonnie.409 Posted: Wed Feb 6 08:23:44 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Feb-85 02:03:57 EST References: <254@water.UUCP> , <130@unc.UUCP> <608@ecsvax.UUCP> Organization: CACI -- La Jolla, Calif. Lines: 33 Xref: watmath net.micro:9276 net.mag:118 James Calway (calway@ecsvax.UUCP) of the Raleigh News & Observer wrote: >I may be in the minority on InfoWorld, but I think the magazine has improved >greatly since the days of its tabloid format. True, it tries to be more >"serious" than in the past, but in the process its journalistic standards >have risen. The tabloid passed off re-written press releases as reporting >(I know, because I get the same press releases.), but now the magazine has >consistently solid reporting.... I don't know the previous incarnation very well but I'm inclined to agree. Making the transition from a small-town newspaper reporter (where ethics are usually understood by young reporters but not publishers) back into computers I was shocked to discover how few computer magazines have even considered the concept of "journalistic ethics". It seems to me that with the possible exception of Byte, most magazines seem to consider that being in bed with major vendors is just loads of fun and makes the magazine BETTER!!!! Try to get a mag to say anything bad about anybody. Although Infoworld seems the best of the computer newsweeklies, I still find the reporting to be at or below the par for my former employer (a 6,000-circulation daily in suburban San Diego). I don't know if this is because they hire hackers rather than trained reporters, or because of organization pressure that causes sloppiness, or what. But at least it's nice to see someone trying to REPORT what's going on, instead of speculating, editorializing, blithering, etc, etc...... being in bed -- Joel West CACI, Inc. - Federal 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct La Jolla 92037 jww@bonnie.UUCP (ihnp4!bonnie!jww) westjw@nosc.ARPA