Edit Ves » editor http://www.edit-ves.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:26:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Newspaper SMS spam http://www.edit-ves.com/2009/12/newspaper-spam/ http://www.edit-ves.com/2009/12/newspaper-spam/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:43:51 +0000 admin http://www.edit-ves.com/?p=29 When you sign up for a newspaper, you only want the paper copy to be delivered at home, but your mobile phone gets spammed.  I regularly get spam  SMSes  from a newspaper’s  Infoline  regarding a variety of subjects, and there is no option available to opt out of these spam  SMSes.

]]> http://www.edit-ves.com/2009/12/newspaper-spam/feed/ 0 Editors and news http://www.edit-ves.com/2009/10/editors-and-news/ http://www.edit-ves.com/2009/10/editors-and-news/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:24:10 +0000 admin http://www.edit-ves.com/?p=5 Most of the general public believes that the mainstream media like newspapers and TV are unbiased, but actually the editors of these publications are selected on the basis of their ability to promote the agenda of the media owners.

Making a profit is also an important motivation.

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