Comments on: So which is it? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/ by Jeff Jarvis Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Menlo Bob http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-54141 Menlo Bob Thu, 25 May 2006 00:25:58 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-54141 Early reports on anti-Bush administration stories will nearly always prove misleading. Signal to noise discrepancies are built into the hardware. Early reports on anti-Bush administration stories will nearly always prove misleading. Signal to noise discrepancies are built into the hardware.

]]> By: The GRTC: Taking Flak In The Homestretch at Greensboro’s Child http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53937 The GRTC: Taking Flak In The Homestretch at Greensboro’s Child Wed, 24 May 2006 19:10:16 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53937 [...] I’d rather not respond with an accusation of good old fashioned sensationalism, but nowhere else in the article does Banks expand on her lead-in: [...] [...] I’d rather not respond with an accusation of good old fashioned sensationalism, but nowhere else in the article does Banks expand on her lead-in: [...]

]]> By: mark slater http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53895 mark slater Wed, 24 May 2006 17:56:32 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53895 my youngest brother graduated and i attended - she received a standing O on entering - go to my blog at slaterramblings.blogspot.com and you will see the professors standing with their signs as she departs. Look in the background at the graduating class - how many signs? you may want to click on the picture to blow it up to see the detail. my youngest brother graduated and i attended – she received a standing O on entering – go to my blog at slaterramblings.blogspot.com and you will see the professors standing with their signs as she departs. Look in the background at the graduating class – how many signs? you may want to click on the picture to blow it up to see the detail.

]]> By: sean coon http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53885 sean coon Wed, 24 May 2006 17:36:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53885 a simple, yet powerful post, jeff. <a href="http://www.seancoon.org/2006/05/tree_is_not_rbol_until_you_add_silly_string.html" rel="nofollow">the power of language</a> does indeed drive us all... a simple, yet powerful post, jeff. the power of language does indeed drive us all…

]]> By: CaptiousNut http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53884 CaptiousNut Wed, 24 May 2006 17:35:04 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53884 Reuters says the protest was, "smaller than expected". Expected by whom? What they mean is smaller than <em>they</em> hoped for. Reuters says the protest was, “smaller than expected”.

Expected by whom?

What they mean is smaller than they hoped for.

]]> By: section9 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53776 section9 Wed, 24 May 2006 14:39:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53776 I've seen the video. The actual number of demonstrators was about 50, pathetically small given the buildup that the demonstrators had hoped. I’ve seen the video. The actual number of demonstrators was about 50, pathetically small given the buildup that the demonstrators had hoped.

]]> By: fred http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53577 fred Wed, 24 May 2006 09:33:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53577 a youtube video would resolve this debate a youtube video would resolve this debate

]]> By: Matt http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53413 Matt Wed, 24 May 2006 03:21:46 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/05/23/so-which-is-it/#comment-53413 The all agree on the number. The AP does say "About 50 students stood with their backs toward the stage as Rice was introduced to give her commencement speech, but they were quickly drowned out by a standing ovation..." later in the story. 50 = dozens... not really "a few." The all agree on the number. The AP does say “About 50 students stood with their backs toward the stage as Rice was introduced to give her commencement speech, but they were quickly drowned out by a standing ovation…” later in the story. 50 = dozens… not really “a few.”

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