Janet Baraclough wrote:

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"Janet Baraclough" wrote

Imho trawling usenet archives for unverifiable soundbites hardly
counts as research...or even, professional journalism :~}
Janet.

So what counts as serious research Janet ?
Surely the web is just as reliable or not as other sources ........?

I referred to archives of usenet discussion groups, where misguided
advice or opinion from an inexperienced ignoramus is recorded together
with the careful observations of those who have learned from experience.
A "researcher" with no personal knowledge of a particular field,would
have the greatest difficulty in sorting the wheat from the chaff, and
any conclusions he drew would therefore be suspect.

Janet

And who ever said journalists were 'professional' LOL;-))
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J