March 2011
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“Chieco was shown a prototype iPod, with its stark white plastic front.
“As soon as I saw the white iPod, I thought 2001,” said Chieco. “Open the pod bay door, Hal!” —Straight Dope on the IPod’s Birth - Wired.com
“As soon as I saw the white iPod, I thought 2001,” said Chieco. “Open the pod bay door, Hal!” —Straight Dope on the IPod’s Birth - Wired.com
“Journalists who are no longer gathering news but are reduced instead to passive processors of whatever material comes their way, churning out stories, whether real event or PR artifice, important or trivial, true or false.”
—Flat Earth News by Nick Davies
“Churnalism is a form of journalism in which press releases, wire stories and other forms of pre-packaged material are used to create articles in newspapers and other news media in order to meet increasing pressures of time and cost without undertaking further research or checking”
—Sally Jackson (June 5, 2008), Fearing the rise of ‘churnalism’, The Australian