Recently I've been seeing alot of misinformation in the media. I'm not sure why the misinformation machine is gaining more and more steam in the tech sector. Traditionally you had rumors, and reality. Sometimes they were the same, but most often not. The rumors were published as rumors and they were taken with a "that would be nice" or "wtf are they thinking?" grain of salt.
Now it seems that rumors/lies are being published as fact. Misleading headlines on credible websites, or just 100% misleading articles with headlines true to their misleading nature.
In the news today
The best example today is from the PC World website:
iPhone as an eBook Reader Threatens Kindle, Says Report (Nov 2, 2009 8:19 am)
&
iPhone e-Books Don't Threaten Kindle Or Nook ( Nov 2, 2009 9:24 am)
The points to note is both of these posts are blogs and both made a front page spot on googles tech news today at different times.
Where is this coming from?
I'd go so far as to say that misinformation is being used right now more than ever in US politics to discredit the current presidents politics (but I'm young so maybe I'm wrong) . This makes me question - does the average tech blogger think that if the politicians are doing it than its fine for them to do so too? After all for a lot of people I would guess politicians in positions of power are role models.
The biggest problem I think with misinformation on the internet is that it becomes viral. And with unsteady economic markets, as a lie/rumor becomes syndicated across lots of credible sources, mislead readers/investors to their doom! Which I would guess may lead to an even more sensitive economic market.
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