Google to RTP; Blog to NandO
Two stories in one! In a story in the Business section of Friday’s News and Observer, Jack Hagel reports that blogs report that Google is looking for office space in the RTP area. Hagel with the help of Jonathan Cox and David Ranii reports on the rumor, the blogs and other circumstantial evidence that make you wonder if the story will ever rise above gossip. Is this good reporting or is it a sign of a newspaper dropping to the iffy reporting of bloggers?
I knew a guy in Atlanta - where I worked this summer - who set out to cover Google coming to town. He said they were so secretive, that he carried out a minor sting operation. He videotaped his own trip to the office where he was told Google was moving in, and later the newspaper put it online. It was pretty funny, and I think it was meant to be so, but I’m not sure it helped. I think everyone acknowledged the story was based on hearsay, but the story became Google’s secrecy. (I’m pretty sure it turned out to be Google).
Comment by robin — November 29, 2005 @ 1:36 am
Here’s the story. Here’s the video. I sat next to Walter. He was fun.
Comment by robin — November 29, 2005 @ 1:40 am
Sorry if this is a repeat - I thought I failed the comment test…
Here is the video for the Google story.
Comment by robin — November 29, 2005 @ 2:19 am