Because of the sensitive nature of the corrosive news media infrastructure, you may have noticed mainstream outlets regularly publishing "news" based on the accounts of sources who remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of __________.
Journalists can be lazy but nature ain't sensitive. Please help us ridicule anonymous sources for the cop outs they represent.
Can you spot the contradiction in this MD Daily Record headline?
Even more confusing:
Lockheed Martin Corp. is setting up a private social network for employees to use in the course of business as a means to discuss tasks from projects to purchasing. And though the network itself won’t be open to the outside world, the program that supports it will be.
the program that supports it will be what? OK, this actually does sound quite cool in theory:
Shawn Dahlen, social media program manager for Lockheed Martin, said the company was influenced to use open-source programming for a number of reasons. The federal government, a major Lockheed Martin customer, has begun using more open-source programming recently, he said.
Ah, but just wait for the reminder of the naturally sensitive government contractor ecosystem:
Dahlen said social networking can be a useful tool for the workplace, but sharing company information through a public network is not always practical, given the often-sensitive nature of Lockheed Martin’s work. Until recently, employees were blocked from accessing personal accounts on Facebook and similar sites through the company’s network, but that restriction was recently lifted.
