http://realkato.com/blog.php?pid=1508 Real Kato Comments en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:48:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ken's RSS Script http://realkato.com/blog.php?pid=1508 There's an increasing problem in the Interwebs these days. It goes something like this.<ul> <li>A blogger or small-time web site posts an unsubstantiated rumor or speculation about something (like, say, an Apple "iTablet").</li> <li>A semi-mainstream media outlet, like CNet's news.com, picks up on the rumor, but makes the rumor sound like fact by putting a headline on it like "Apple ready to release iTablet this fall".</li> <li>Executives from companies unrelated to the rumor (like record company execs) read these reports and speculate about the rumored product.</li> <li>Mainstream media outlets publish these quotes as evidence that the rumored product is actually coming to market.</li> <li>Bloggers quote the mainstream media article and now reference the rumor as certainty.</li> </ul> Ken Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:27:31 +0000 http://realkato.com/blog.php?pid=1508