Viewpoints Based on Facts? At Last a Credible Voice of Reason

This is a picture of InformationWeek's Rob Preston. And this is a link to his column suggesting that media zanies and others stop sensationalizing the news... especially when they don't know what they're talking about.

The public has long viewed information technology as Big Brother incarnate, whether it's wiretaps, RFID tags, Web site monitoring software, or fraud-detection systems we fear are tracking our every move. But if we can't stomach letting our security agencies use technology--albeit responsibly--to isolate suspicious activity, then we're pretty much giving the bad guys the upper hand...

Many questions about the government program still must be answered, but let's start basing our viewpoints on the facts as we know them.