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Reading one of the BBC's technical articles, a cyber security news item, they had 3 errors in the first paragraph. I didn't bother reading to the end of the art
by CodeGlitch 5y ago
Reading one of the BBC's technical articles, a cyber security news item, they had 3 errors in the first paragraph. I didn't bother reading to the end of the article.
I'm glad I no longer pay for a TV license.
- dotBen 5y agoThe BBC (News's) tech section isn't aimed at you. Inaccuracies shouldn't be there but often they will dumb down or gloss over stuff for the mainstream audience they are aiming at. You notice it cos you are in tech, but the same happens in financial news, science and even sport. Go read a tech publication. For shits and giggle I did once try to get a technical story on how to copy DVD's published - it got very heavily edited! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1987665.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1987665.stm (I'm a former + early BBC News website employee)
- throwaways885 5y agoAside: That old version of BBC News is an absolute gem of history. Especially looking at some of the recommended sidebar stories: > Britons 'baffled over euro rate' > Wireless internet arrives in China > Mobile spam on the rise Fascinating to see how much our problems have stayed the same, despite the changing context. I hope this is considered 'archived' and not 'forgotten'.
- jandrese 5y agoIt has always been a constant of journalism that you read an article in your field and go "Wow, this is terrible, they got all of the details wrong". But then you turn around and trust the reporting on everything outside of your field of expertise.
- yesenadam 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnesiaEffect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton#GellMannAmnes...