Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:810 news.misc:1639 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!webber From: webber@aramis.rutgers.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.misc Subject: Re: Netnews, USENET's composition, and "real" newswires Message-ID:Date: 12 Jul 88 17:34:10 GMT References: <465@nbc1.UUCP> <8898@netsys.UUCP> <4242@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <844@ccnysci.UUCP> Followup-To: news.misc Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 18 In article <844@ccnysci.UUCP<, dan@ccnysci.UUCP (Dan Schlitt) writes: < I want to back up what Erik says about the benefits that would come < from more journalists reading USENET. Gee, sounded more like Erik wanted us all to become journalists -- a slightly different matter. Me, I'll do weather reports (just a sec, .... today there is weather, all over the eastern seaboard -- as is well known, in alt.california they only have climate). < In a technophobic society I think that this sort of activity is a < professional responsibility. It is too bad that almost the only < contact elected officials, journalists, and the like have with < technical folk is when we are promoting something. You mean like when we are trying to make sure that they understand that the computer is their friend? ---- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)