iPad Bans: Misinformation from Media Old and New « Steve Wildstrom on Tech

A timely reality check – and a reminder that information literacy is a critical skill regardless of input channel

We need traditional media, we are told from time to time, because all blogs do is regurgitate each other’s ramblings while newspapers report real news. I’m a fan of newspapers–I actually get three dead-tree editions delivered daily–but it ain’t necessarily so. The old media can recirculate bad info every bit as badly as the blogs.

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In both the Princeton and GW cases, correct information was readily available on the universities’ web site. In the case of Cornell, there was no statement because there actually was no issue. The fact that there has been massive misinformation on the subject reflects the sorry fact that traditional media reporters and bloggers alike are far too ready to repeat each other without doing some basic reporting.

iPad Bans: Misinformation from Media Old and New « Steve Wildstrom on Tech