Horrible "article" on Gizmodo about the guy in Florida

[TennDave]

Decent rebuttal on the issue but they speak badly of "mods," and then give a link to the ecf, saying that "mods" are encouraged here. Hmmmm......

 

[pearlyvictoria]

E Cigarette Explosions: The Rest Of The Story LINK

This article makes much more sense. As noted before, no one is trying to lessen the horrible accident to the user but presenting facts rather than hype is better for everyone.

 

[house mouse]

This article makes much more sense. As noted before, no one is trying to lessen the horrible accident to the user but presenting facts rather than hype is better for everyone.

But this one doesn't really present facts either. Until we know exactly what he was using it's still just a theory that he was using something he had modified himself.

 

[Petrodus]

But this one doesn't really present facts either. Until we know exactly what he was
using it's still just a theory that he was using something he had modified himself.

The level or extent of the truth that would be of specific interest to us will probably
not be published...No sensationalism and thus not of interest to the public.

 

[pearlyvictoria]

But this one doesn't really present facts either. Until we know exactly what he was using it's still just a theory that he was using something he had modified himself.

I should have been more specific. You are correct but it did give some info on how some are modified and how there were reported incidents of explosions but they have all been connected with modified units. The other articles I re4ad were from an extreme alarmist point of view. Thanks for pointing it out, though.

 

[EJH]

I do not believe that ethical journalism exists in the real world. Just like democracy, it's just an idea/theory, but in practice....good luck

As a honest-to-goodness, real, hard-working newspaper reporter, I can assure you there exist quite a few ethical journalists in the world. I personally try hard to report on a story and relay only facts. Opinions belong only on the op-ed pages. Rule of thumb: If a writer is paid for his/her opinion, he/she is not a journalist.

Unfortunately, good journalism is dying. A college graduate with a journalism degree has very few job well-paying job opportunities to pay off that $50,000-100,000 student loan. While, in general, journalists aren't doing it for the money, it is a job (if you can find one) that increasingly does not give one a decent income, so fewer and fewer real journalists are entering the field.

I don't know what the future holds for real journalists, the ones who all about the real story and nothing but the story, but all this sensationalist stuff on the TV and Internet kind of depresses me.

EJ