Robert Scoble replies
Robert Scoble has replied to my post about the current spat between him and Andrew Orlowski of The Register.
However, I don't think he has read my post clearly enough. I start off by saying "The email, if proved to be true..." and later say "If this email proves to be true..." and then "Not in this case, it seems...". I think I've given Robert Scoble the benefit of the doubt sufficient times.
I also say "The Register, like every other mainstream media from the BBC
to The Sunday Times, sometimes gets it wrong". Once again giving Robert Scoble the benefit of the doubt.
The facts are that there are currently two contradictory positions. You
have to make a judgement call on which, if either, to believe. The
Register is a long-standing web-based IT magazine that has been
publishing for many years. Robert Scoble might be an 'A-List' blogger
but he is still a relatively junior employee of Microsoft, a large
global corporation with a reputation for abusing its powerful position
(fact - court rulings say so).
On the balance of probability, based on the respective reputations of
both sides then I am more likely to believe The Register. It might be
wrong. I might be wrong. And will apologise when, and if, I am in a
position to know the truth.
Of course the media can get it wrong. The most famous recent case being
the infamous Hutton Report which showed the BBC to be guilty of sloppy
journalism and misrepresenting the Government of the UK.
We shall wait and see.
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