{"id":1426,"date":"2010-12-18T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2010-12-21T15:48:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T20:48:01","slug":"facts-versus-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/facts-versus-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts versus Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jumping the gun to present something entirely speculative as &#8220;news&#8221;  is surely priceless. But that&#8217;s the difference between doing research  and <strong>copy\/paste blogging.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So Yahoo denied the allegations of closing down the bookmarking service Del.icio.us by issuing <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.delicious.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/whats-next-for-delicious.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this press release.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The  summary of it is, that the service &#8211; <em>and associated Delicious.com web  site<\/em> &#8211; aren&#8217;t closing down. Yahoo might sell it in the future or spin it  back into its own entity, just the way it was or the way Flickr is.<\/p>\n<p>When  presenting breaking news, ample research is needed for the sake of  one&#8217;s audience and readers and for the sake of their own worth as a  processor of information, or else a source can easily lose its validity; an important element for  the next round of reviews or commentary.<\/p>\n<p>Even when one performs ample research, their sources might be  untrustworthy.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why it is important to evaluate every source of  information accurately and objectively, lest it becomes yet another array of  WikiLeaks type of random cables, bearing a very loose connection and validation of content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jumping the gun to present something entirely speculative as &#8220;news&#8221; is surely priceless. But that&#8217;s the difference between doing research and copy\/paste blogging. 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