Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Give it a rest David. If you want to be a journalist then go out and get some interesting information and bring it to the group. If you want to be the editor for the World Wide Web apply for the job somewhere else. I surprised anyone participates in this discussion group, the people who put the most effort into delivering Leica information are attacked because someone doesn't like what they or worse how they said it. jc At 02:12 PM 9/14/99 +0100, you wrote: >Dan Post wrote: > >> I want to reply to the senseless attacks on Stephen for what is only an >> opinion and the passing on of what he considers valid information. > >If it's opinion you say "I believe Leica will announce the M7 at Photokina >2000". > >If it's uncorroborated hearsay you might say "strong rumours suggest that >Leica will announce the M7 at Photokina 2000". > >If it's from a source you can't name, you could say "a previously reliable >source close to Leica, who did not wish to be named, said that Leica will >announce the M7 at Photokina 2000." > >What you *don't* say, is "The M7 has been announced". > >David Morton >dmorton@journalist.co.uk > >