(Meta: should editorial comment go in daily?)
Posted Jun 3, 2002 22:48 UTC (Mon) by
nettings (subscriber, #429)
In reply to:
(Meta: should editorial comment go in daily?) by corbet
Parent article:
Red Hat and software patents
i think editorial content should not go into the daily updates. actually,
the "daily" news section is nothing special to lwn, it's just another portal
(although well edited) of 90% syndicated and some original content.
what makes lwn.net (and especially the editorial) important to me is the
"looking back" perspective. i like to read material whose authors have taken
their time and based their judgement on more than one news flash.
i have always liked the way the editors try to take the edge off the latest hype
and provide a calm analysis with constructive and diplomatic criticism, to solve
rather than fuel a dispute. this is lwn's special trait, and it needs some
time.
personally, i like to reconsider a news item with a few days' distance when
it comes up in the weekly, even if i have seen it before elsewhere.
this is the reason why i read lwn.net.
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