Re: Re: Way OT : Any maths bods around?

["Malcolm Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh I know why, but peddling half-truths and exageration because "it's
what
the public wants" is akin to the soldier who says he's "just
following
orders".  At some point, the person in the wrong has to take
responsibility
and stop blaming others.  If the media is deliberately mis-representing
stories as truth, then it is the one at fault, and should stop.

Anyway, this is way, way, off-topic now, so I'll shut up before the thread
gets closed down..

Mal


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Fidell" <james@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Way OT : Any maths bods around?


>
> Quoting Malcolm Lansell (mlansell@xxxxxxx):
>
>> The media does none of us any favours by mis-reporting and
>> sensationalising
>> stuff like this
>
> So why do you think they do it?  Not perhaps because it feeds a
certain
> public desire for sensationalist stories and thus sells more papers?
>
> James
>
>