From: <raph@netcom.com>
I just got off the phone with Peter Lewis, reporter for the New York Times. He is unaware of any grand consipracy to regulate the Net, but then again if there was one, I don't think they'd tell him.
His piece that ran Saturday was badly mangled by the editorial process, especially since it ran on page one. Those articles get to be mangled by a whole new set of people who otherwise wouldn't get to touch it. I think Lewis has basically good intentions, and does do his homework before writing a story.
I have a good friend who writes for the Times. Last time I spoke to him, he was frantically trying to get in touch with the Business editor because a piece he'd just written had been hacked to bits, with several inaccuracies introduced. He probably couldn't reach the guy, and I bet the mutilated version got printed (I don't know for sure, since I don't read the Times). This is standard. It's almost a rule that whenever there's a story on a subject you're familiar with there'll be major inaccuracies. So what does that say about all the others?
Yecchh. Now I know why I don't rely on daily newspapers for my news
Well, that's one reason, anyway... --Dave.