Accountability of information providers

[morganj at indyunix.iupui.edu]

I made an obvious mistake in this message: the word "not" should follow 
the "might" in line five.

Jim Morgan
morganj at indyunix.iupui.edu


On Wed, 10 Jul 1996 morganj at indyunix.iupui.edu wrote:

> I think equating commercial with unreliable creates a problem.  There's a 
> long tradition of profit-making ventures that create neutral, reliable 
> information uninfluenced by advertising.  In the early part of the 
> century the Wilson Indexes were found in every public library; Libraries 
> might have purchased indexes that took kickbacks from journals who's 
> publishers wanted to be included in the index.
> 
> Jim Morgan
> morganj at indyunix.iupui.edu
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