[iwar] Historical posting
From: Fred Cohen
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Date: Mon, Jan 1, 1999
From: Fred Cohen
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Subject: [iwar] Historical posting
Slashdot Meets Jane's: The Birth of Collective Journalism?
Many acknowledge Jane's Intelligence Review (JIR) as the best private report
on military and intelligence affairs. The editors of JIR commissioned an
article on cyberterrorism but before publishing it, decided to have the
article reviewed by the denizens of Slashdot, a hotbed of online security
knowledge. Slashdotters proceeded to rip the article to shreds. The
criticism led the editors to dump the original and publish the feedback
itself. The episode has sparked speculation about a new collective
journalism, wherein communities produce more accurate and less biased
stories. We liken such practice more to mob rule than democratic reporting.
Good reporters use communities as sources and don't get the stuff wrong in
the first place. Read the original article, the first Slashdot call for
contributions, and Jane's decision to publish the collective wisdom.
Original: http://jir.janes.com/sample/jir0499.html
Call: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/04/0836212&mode=thread
Decision: http://slashdot.org/features/99/10/07/120249.shtml
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