Ny Teknik Chief Responds to Swedish Public Radio
[Preface Added 11/24/2011:
Several New Energy Times readers have been confused and have contacted me about this post. Please accept my apologies. I can see that some introduction is required.
On Nov. 12, Swedish Public Radio broadcast a news story on Ny Teknik and Mats Lewan’s coverage of the Rossi story. I wrote a post about it here.
On Nov. 16, Norbert Andersson, Ny Teknik acting editor in chief published, on Ny Teknik, a response to the Swedish Public Radio broadcast.
With the help of New Energy Times reader KHM, we translated Andersson’s text into English, and it follows below.
Andersson is defending against Swedish Public Radio’s comment that Ny Teknik is advertising a scam. Andersson’s response is that Ny Teknik’s coverage of the Rossi story is justified because it has brought “high waves” of debate and extensive discussion to the topic. Andersson also says the public has been served by the reader comments to their Rossi articles.
“It is the strength of our readers that they can enrich our own reporting,” Andersson wrote.
Andersson’s explanation is similar to Brian Wang’s (Editor of Next Big Future): “I will continue to report on this even if it is a fraud, because it is still news that there is large scale technical fraud.]
[Thanks to KHM for translation improvement]
The Radioshow “The Media” Missed the Debate
By: Norbert Andersson, Ny Teknik Acting Editor in Chief
Published November 16, 2011 00:00
This weekend, the radio show “The Media” (P1) examined Ny Teknik’s coverage of the energy catalyst that Italian Andrea Rossi has invented and which he believes is based on cold fusion.
It is a good thing that the radio critically reviews the media world, including Ny Teknik.
In spite of the program having the theory that Ny Teknik and our reporter Mats Lewan market a criminal swindler, we have to accept it. It is not easy to gain an understanding of the theories that might explain what is happening in Rossi’s catalyst, especially for the program’s reporters, who have no deeper knowledge of technology and must rely on what others say about it.
This is in contrast to Mats Lewan, who has studied the various theories of the catalyst, he has a Master of Science (Engineering Physics) and knows what requirements you must have of a catalyst that is claimed to produce energy.
But the crucial mistake in the program was that “The Media” did not tell in what context that Ny Teknik has released the bulk of reporting on Andrea Rossi. Namely, directly adjacent to a major debate on our Web site nyteknik.se.
Every time Mats Lewan has reported on new routes of the Energy Catalyzer, the debate has gone high waves.
Hundreds, and sometimes over a thousand, various comments have been scrutinizing and discussing the reports. The comments are in scale many times larger than our own articles on the subject.
Most comments are serious and provide new aspects.
There is among our readers a large number of experts that through the comments give other readers – and even Ny Teknik´s Editorial – more knowledge and new perspectives.
It is the strength of our readers that they can enrich our own reporting.
Sure it sometimes pops up silly remarks and offensive or just malicious comments.
We delete the worst comments because the comments field on nyteknik.se is not a place to vent one’s aggression, but a serious discussion forum.
So I invite you who has not previously discussed on our Web site, to contribute with your knowledge and experience in our comments. To the joy and benefit of all readers.
