From: Gene McAloon 

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 22:39:19 +1200, dmhills{at}attglobal.net (Don Hills) wrote:

>Don't let your contrarian compulsion blind you, Gene. Given the choice
>between Andrew Orlowski and you as a source, I'd choose Andrew any day.
>That's not to say I accept without question, though. If you replace
>"anything" with "everything" in what you said
(quoted above), you'd be
>pretty close to being correct. The truth is usually there, it's just spun in
>true tabloid style. Actually, I prefer The Inquirer to The Register these
>days. Mike Magee started the Register and left to start The Inquirer after a
>falling-out over policy.

It is not a question of who is a better source, Orlowski or me. Rather the
question is why would you rely on Orlowski when his source cites figures
that are very different both from what the recording industry claims and
what an independent source also claims?

That there has been a drop off in CD sales in both the UK and the US is hardly a
secret. It has been reported extensively. The only dispute is the possible
cause. Orlowski's source obviously is not reliable. Why then would Orlowski
report it? Well, of course that is precisely what you would expect of the
Register, isn't it? It is part of what makes the Register such a sick joke,
hardly better than the junk one would read in the National Inquirer or any
supermarket tabloid in the US.

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