Posted by: CJ Preimesberger
on August 10, 2004 01:44 AM
Sid, you're a passionate guy, and I congratulate you for paying attention. But I didn't swear to anything. Don't go overboard here.
As a professional journalist, I certainly am not allowed to make up things in news stories or features. And I do not. Above all, credibility is all-important in any reporting position. The researcher/messenger must be trusted. What happened here is that some information that has not already been made public was given to me personally by the plaintiff, and I erred in believing that it had indeed been published.
Not everything involved in a court case is made public. I am currently preparing a story about The SCO Group's attitude toward the IT world that will include information you haven't seen before. I think you'll see things much clearer then.
Don't forget, Sid: You, as a reader, don't have to be objective. But I, as a journalist, do.
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Re:SCO v. DaimlerChrysler case
Posted by: CJ Preimesberger on August 10, 2004 01:44 AMAs a professional journalist, I certainly am not allowed to make up things in news stories or features. And I do not. Above all, credibility is all-important in any reporting position. The researcher/messenger must be trusted. What happened here is that some information that has not already been made public was given to me personally by the plaintiff, and I erred in believing that it had indeed been published.
Not everything involved in a court case is made public. I am currently preparing a story about The SCO Group's attitude toward the IT world that will include information you haven't seen before. I think you'll see things much clearer then.
Don't forget, Sid: You, as a reader, don't have to be objective. But I, as a journalist, do.
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