[Fiahil]

Apart from the SO moderation question, I'm quite bugged by a bigger one: How the hell this ended up in mainstream media?

Can't we just ban every online buzz outlet from talking about programming, hardware or computers until they actually understand what they are talking about? I know what I'm asking is beyond impossible, but I'm really annoyed by the amount of buzz-impinged-naiveté blossoming everywhere each time someone makes headlines of something IT related.

[TeMPOraL]

And then please let's ban them from talking about science and anything science-related too. Exaggerated IT stories are annoying, exaggerated science and scaremongering with "scientists prove X causes cancer!!111" is socially damaging and actually kills people.

[DonHopkins]

It's been known for a long time that X is a dangerous virus that causes cancer. [1]

[1] http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/unix-haters/x-windows/danger...

[RubyPinch]

probably because the original guy submitted it to the media