Wired News: Wired News Writer Faked Info
Wired News: Wired News Writer Faked Info: time for commentary. The problem that this elucidates is how tenuous the concept of authenticity actually is. As blogs become more and more regarded as real journalism (to the extent that bloggers are building brands as such, like GigOm and TechCrunch), we have to wonder to what degree its possible, likely and prevalent that bloggers create and subjugate the concept of authenticity for their own good. Any tech person worth their weight in bits knows how to spoof IP’s, cover tracks, invent identities. Its part of what makes us geeks. So how does that correlate with authenticity and veracity?