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Old 07-23-2018, 09:01 PM   #1
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Librarians respond to suggestion Amazon should replace libraries
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...lace-libraries
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Old 07-23-2018, 10:21 PM   #2
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From the article ... “The move would save taxpayers money and enhance the stockholder value of Amazon all in one fell swoop.”

Well, dang, isn't that why we're all here? To enhance the stockholder value of Amazon? Good grief.
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Old 07-23-2018, 11:56 PM   #3
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Funny, but:

Forbes deleted a deeply misinformed op-ed arguing Amazon should replace libraries

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This article was outside of this contributor’s specific area of expertise, and has since been removed.
You think?
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https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/...es-are-amazing

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Old 07-24-2018, 01:59 AM   #5
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Here is the original (now deleted in original location) article from Forbes. For reference. There is no delete button on the internet that works correctly.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180721...xpayers-money/

Warning: link may not work properly.
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Old 07-24-2018, 02:01 AM   #6
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"This article was outside of this contributor’s specific area of expertise, and has since been removed."
So, Forbes just blindly prints op-ed pieces without reviewing them first?

I don't think so.

So Forbes, how many heads will roll within your editorial staff for this screw up?
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Here is the original (now deleted in original location) article from Forbes. For reference. There is no delete button on the internet that works correctly.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180724...xpayers-money/
The article starts to come in, then it disappears. So maybe someone has figured out to install a delete button on the Internet after all.

EDIT: Found it on Google's cache. I guess I read most of it already in the various articles about it. If the link Duckie Tigger provide doesn't work for you, this one might ...

https://webcache.googleusercontent.c...&ct=clnk&gl=us
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How in the world does something this stupid get OK'd in the first place?
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The guy sounds like he's shilling for a job at Amazon.
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The guy sounds like he's shilling for a job at Amazon.
It's amazing how completely out of step he is with every day Americans. Doesn't say much for Forbes or Long Island University.
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The article starts to come in, then it disappears. So maybe someone has figured out to install a delete button on the Internet after all.

EDIT: Found it on Google's cache. I guess I read most of it already in the various articles about it. If the link Duckie Tigger provide doesn't work for you, this one might ...

https://webcache.googleusercontent.c...&ct=clnk&gl=us
Thank you. I noticed too, and edited my post to add a better link.
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Thank you. I noticed too, and edited my post to add a better link.
Even with your updated link, the article appears for approximately one second before the page goes blank. The link posted by rcentros works for me.
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So, Forbes just blindly prints op-ed pieces without reviewing them first?

I don't think so.

So Forbes, how many heads will roll within your editorial staff for this screw up?
Forbes has no qualms over printing made up nonsense. Daniel Lyons had a regular column in Forbes shilling for SCO around 15 years ago.
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In addition to the laughable proposal in the article, it's not even well-written.
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In addition to the laughable proposal in the article, it's not even well-written.
That's what I thought. I looked up the guy's credentials and then read the article and there seems to be serious disconnect here. Professor and Chair of the Economic Department of Long Island University? Teaches at Columbia? It's almost like he decided to let his 10 year-old kid/grandkid write the article and didn't have time to edit it. Of course I haven't read his other stuff, so maybe it's always like this. Or maybe this was written by some outfit where they pay by the word for click-bait articles and the professor's name was just attached to it.

His bio ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmo.../#b84b18166505

What's really weird is that the first few paragraphs talk about libraries in the past tense. Like they no longer exist. Strange stuff.
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