With a little knowledge you can start to pick stories apart, finding what is news, fact, and what is marketing fluff. I\u2019ve fallen victim to this in the past and I will again in the future. I\u2019m getting to the point where I am able to identify more and more fluff. I try to not mindlessly retweet or blog it because I\u2019m not someone\u2019s paid-for marketing person and I make zero cents from licensing or hardware sales \u2013 though that might change soon ![\"Winking](\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/wlEmoticon-winkingsmile.png\")
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So when you do read some announcement, try read between the lines. Don\u2019t take it at face value. Does that number of 3,000,000 really mean what people are interpreting<\/em> it as. Does largest<\/em> really mean that or is it hyperbole? Has the editor just printed the press release as a story, or has the blogger just retweeted?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am a cynic and the world made me that way. I\u2019ve gotten used to not believing the news when it comes to politics, the economy, and so on. Now I take my technology news with a large lump of salt. I recently saw just about every Irish tech news source publish a press release … Continue reading “Some News Isn\u2019t News; It\u2019s Marketing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t