On: The No More Ransom Project

[dspillett]

> Come to think of it, our news sources write bigger lies every day

Unfortunately they are also cut throat with regard to each other. The first paper that does this risks the rest of them running stories about that source scare mongering and deliberately spreading panic on behalf of [insert conspiracy theory and/or unpopular agency here].

[firethief → dspillett]

Sounds like a good thing to me. The watchmen watch the other watchmen.

[dspillett → firethief]

But they only act on what they see when it satisfies their own ends. It isn't really an effective force for the general good.