Comment 1005 for bug 1

In my last post i said that newspapers depend on good stories. Blatantly not quite true. Newspapers feed on tragic horrendous stories that (for some reason) people find good/interesting to read!

'Good news' stories, as i suggested do appear but people don't get excited by them. however they are probably the best way to get good advertising.

I think if we want articles to be nearer the front or to be more eye-catching then we need to get the reporters in just a few days before people become aware of the latest Windows virus scare. Often these are easy to anticipate as they seem to occur every 6months or so and closely precede scheduled release dates of popular Anti-virus (or other security) packages.