Comments on: Want a designer baby? We may now have the technology to create it for you! http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/want-a-designer-baby-we-may-now-have-the-technology-to-create-it-for-you/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:10:19 -0500 hourly 1 By: adam http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/want-a-designer-baby-we-may-now-have-the-technology-to-create-it-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-949912 adam Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:49:39 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24624#comment-949912 Tom, I have heard only positive reports of Drudge's journalism. I would be VERY appreciative of ANY instances where Drudge made false claims or propagated misinformation. Thanks for your help! Tom, I have heard only positive reports of Drudge’s journalism. I would be VERY appreciative of ANY instances where Drudge made false claims or propagated misinformation. Thanks for your help!

]]> By: Tom Woolf http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/want-a-designer-baby-we-may-now-have-the-technology-to-create-it-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-729512 Tom Woolf Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:10:37 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24624#comment-729512 Sorry - should have known that you'd do that wonderful thing called "fact-checking", and should not have assumed the worst. I do get a fair amount of email from doorknobs who feel that "if they see it on the internet, it must be true". Sadly, sometimes their source is Drudge. Although Drudge can be a convenient place due to its consolidation of many sources, Drudge throws crap out there, especially right-wing crap. (There's a lot of generalization in this paragraph... If you want specifics, I can dig up instances where Drudge did propagate BS) It was wrong of me to assume that you'd pick up a story without verifying it. Sorry – should have known that you’d do that wonderful thing called “fact-checking”, and should not have assumed the worst.

I do get a fair amount of email from doorknobs who feel that “if they see it on the internet, it must be true”. Sadly, sometimes their source is Drudge. Although Drudge can be a convenient place due to its consolidation of many sources, Drudge throws crap out there, especially right-wing crap. (There’s a lot of generalization in this paragraph… If you want specifics, I can dig up instances where Drudge did propagate BS)

It was wrong of me to assume that you’d pick up a story without verifying it.

]]> By: Kuba http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/want-a-designer-baby-we-may-now-have-the-technology-to-create-it-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-655666 Kuba Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:59:16 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24624#comment-655666 Nice Brave New World reference, but you forgot Delta! Nice Brave New World reference, but you forgot Delta!

]]> By: Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/want-a-designer-baby-we-may-now-have-the-technology-to-create-it-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-655432 Nicholas Deleon Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:40:59 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24624#comment-655432 The story is actually from The Independent (the linked "developed an easier method" phrase), a British newspaper that won the British Press Award in 2004. Other winners include the Financial Times and The Guardian. "Real" newspapers, not tabloids. I just found it via Drudge, like you'd find a newspaper story on Google News or Yahoo. -na The story is actually from The Independent (the linked “developed an easier method” phrase), a British newspaper that won the British Press Award in 2004. Other winners include the Financial Times and The Guardian. “Real” newspapers, not tabloids. I just found it via Drudge, like you’d find a newspaper story on Google News or Yahoo.

-na

]]> By: Tom Woolf http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/14/want-a-designer-baby-we-may-now-have-the-technology-to-create-it-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-655355 Tom Woolf Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:52:58 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24624#comment-655355 I consider CrunchGear a reputable source of technology information. If CrunchGear is reputable, then why are they sourcing from Drudge Report? I can appreciate CGs desire to be out front with tech info, but Drudge is like that little brat at the horse stable - constantly throwing crap against the side of the barn. Sure, some of it sticks, but for the most part he just makes a huge, stinking mess. If using Drudge, I'd recommend finding a second source as confirmation. I consider CrunchGear a reputable source of technology information. If CrunchGear is reputable, then why are they sourcing from Drudge Report?

I can appreciate CGs desire to be out front with tech info, but Drudge is like that little brat at the horse stable – constantly throwing crap against the side of the barn. Sure, some of it sticks, but for the most part he just makes a huge, stinking mess.

If using Drudge, I’d recommend finding a second source as confirmation.

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