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[Lothar Behrens]

Am 07.04.2009 um 14:11 schrieb Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman):
>
>
> because nokia make dozens of phones and are not stopping ALL of  
> them. when a
> company stops its entire development of new products in a product  
> line... in
> fact its ONLY product that is publically known (development meaning  
> the next
> improved version) it does make new. it matters. it is the same as is  
> nokia
> stopped making ALL phones and decided to start making shoes instead.  
> that'd make
> news!. :) these things  create a life of their own - if they are  
> correct or
> not. the media interprets it in the way to make it as sensational as  
> possible.
> sensation sells to readers. readers mean ads ... and ads are  
> revenue. if half
> the worlds news was reported realistically in proportion.. you would  
> have a
> pretty boring media. :)

That's what was jumping around in my brain. It's lke the german  
sensation focused Bild newspaper :-)

Lothar

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