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The New, Nasty Obama Campaign - Molly Ball - Politics - The Atlantic

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:25:55 -0400

The New, Nasty Obama Campaign - Molly Ball - Politics - The Atlantic:

To those, like Booker, who fret about negativity, this strategist responded: “Quit your whining and help us beat the other guy. If you want to stay home and blog about how disappointed you are, see how you feel when President Romney is sworn in.”

WHEN I EDIT A PARAGRAPH FULL OF STATISTICS

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:55 -0400

I did this about five minutes ago and may or may not have said that out loud.

editorrealtalk:

"We were actually at dinner the night before and we were supposed to meet members of Congress the..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:00:00 -0400

““We were actually at dinner the night before and we were supposed to meet members of Congress the next day,” recalls Mike McGeary, co-founder of a new group, Engine Advocacy, that advocates for the interests of Internet entrepreneurs. “We all started reading this, and everyone in the room turned to Mike at some point and asked: ‘Were we expecting this?’””

- Mike Masnick: Accidental Activist to Some, “Demagogue” to Others

"The reporter's job is done, and well done. What everyone else does with it, in their blogs or websites or in their political campaigns or in their stump speeches or in the voting booth, is on their own consciences. And that's the way it's supposed to be."

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:58:49 -0400

"The reporter's job is done, and well done. What everyone else does with it, in their blogs or websites or in their political campaigns or in their stump speeches or in the voting booth, is on their own consciences. And that's the way it's supposed to be."

SOMETIME WE MAKE IT WITH SKILLS ALONE, SOMETIME WE GET A LITTLE...

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:58:02 -0400

SOMETIME WE MAKE IT WITH SKILLS ALONE, SOMETIME WE GET A LITTLE “GOOD LUCK”….. “Good Luck” by Lil Chuuuch

ITUNES LINK TO BUY THE REVS RELEASED VERSION: goo.gl/MuqM7

Samuel Rubenfeld's Tumblr: Maroc: le rappeur Mouad El-Haqed condamné à un an de prison

Sat, 12 May 2012 15:57:09 -0400

Samuel Rubenfeld's Tumblr: Maroc: le rappeur Mouad El-Haqed condamné à un an de prison:

thepoliticalnotebook:

mamfakinch:

RABAT (AP) — Le rappeur Marocain Mouad Belghouat, alias El-Haqed, a été condamné par un tribunal de Casablanca à un an de prison ferme vendredi pour atteinte à l’image de la police.

Le jugement a été prononcé sans les plaidoiries de la défense,…

Gingrich Effectively Concedes to Romney in Nomination Battle - Lindsey Boerma - Politics - The Atlantic

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:45:52 -0400

Gingrich Effectively Concedes to Romney in Nomination Battle - Lindsey Boerma - Politics - The Atlantic:

“I think you have to at some point be honest with what’s happening in the real world, as opposed to what you’d like to have happened,” Gingrich said.

In Praise of Ignorance: Why It's OK to Tweet, 'Who Is Dick Clark?' - Megan Garber - Technology - The Atlantic

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:07:15 -0400

In Praise of Ignorance: Why It's OK to Tweet, 'Who Is Dick Clark?' - Megan Garber - Technology - The Atlantic:

Sure, but what happens when someone asks a question online and uncritically accepts the most popular answer as fact?

journalofajournalist: The Iranian government announced this...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:12:19 -0500

journalofajournalist:

The Iranian government announced this week that their long-awaited “Second Internet” will finally launch this spring. It’s a massive, nationwide intranet… that’s controlled and monitored by the authorities. I just wrote a long feature on it for @fastcompany—and why Iran’s government thinks they can seal the country off from the corrupting influences of Facebook, Twitter, and Google.

Iran’s “Second Internet” Rivals Censorship Of China’s “Great Firewall” | Fast Company

Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:39:37 -0500

Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs:

My take:

Companies like Tumblr, Facebook, and, at least for now, Pinterest, are moderators of new public squares; as companies, they have the ability to define what are and are not acceptable topics for public discussion on platforms that have become hubs for our cultural and civic life.

staff:

One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…

"They have not forgotten that we blew it on Iraq. And I think reporters are aware of it too. There is..."

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:37:59 -0500

“They have not forgotten that we blew it on Iraq. And I think reporters are aware of it too. There is a measure of caution that I hope is the lessons of Iraq sinking in.”

- Bill Keller on New York Times readers, Iraq, Iran, and Bill O’Reilly (via capitalnewyork)

...And Here Are The NYPD's Secret Dossiers On NYC-Area Mosque Sermons

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:37:30 -0500

...And Here Are The NYPD's Secret Dossiers On NYC-Area Mosque Sermons:

journalofajournalist:

Amazing, amazing files obtained by the Associated Press. Holy h311…

What’s on 2/10/2012? It’s still January.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:49:14 -0500

What’s on 2/10/2012? It’s still January.

Ron Paul’s Giant on the Unique Talents He Brings to the Campaign -- Daily Intel

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:56:50 -0500

Ron Paul’s Giant on the Unique Talents He Brings to the Campaign -- Daily Intel:

For some reason you looked more gigantic in those photos. Were you standing next to a midget? That guy was pretty short who was standing in front of me. He’s not a midget but he’s pretty short. That’s why this whole thing is very funny to me. I was going to make up some crazy story that I was found in an orphanage and all that, I’m nine feet tall, but no. I’m just six-foot-five, the guy in front of me was short, and it just happened to be. Last question: Has Dr. Paul asked ever asked you to personally destroy the Fed with your bare hands? No, but he should, because I’d happily volunteer for that.

The New York Times public editor's very public utterance | Clay Shirky | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:06:54 -0500

The New York Times public editor's very public utterance | Clay Shirky | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:

This is the part where I feel like Shirky is talking to me:

This is partly because centrist publications enjoy more uniform access to politicians than partisan ones (even if the partisanship is simply an intolerance for hogwash). It’s also because treating readers as political participants rather than spectators would be frowned on by advertisers, for whom the relative neutrality of the mainstream press is a prized part of that platform’s value.

Which is a problem, then, with a relationship between some media outlets and their readers. The client of the newsperson should be the reader, not the advertiser.

New York Times Public Editor on Truth - The End of Truth - Esquire

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:01:02 -0500

New York Times Public Editor on Truth - The End of Truth - Esquire:

Charles P. Pierce:

The pack is bigger and more unruly. Everybody’s on deadline all the time. (Twitter! File for the blog! Generate Content Across Many Platforms!) There are more — and, occasionally, better — watchdogs, especially on the Intertoobz, but even a lot of that is now hyper-amplified heckling. The marketing people are better at their jobs than the journalism people are at theirs. But, among all the problems that have gotten worse and not better since Crouse wrote his book, it’s is the latter consideration, the chickenshit bosses back home, that has done the real damage. Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/new-york-times-public-editor-on-truth-6638107#ixzz1jJc4nIrH

The Game: How Campaigns' New Obsession With Social Media is Hurting America | TechPresident

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:23:09 -0500

The Game: How Campaigns' New Obsession With Social Media is Hurting America | TechPresident:

Me:

The thing about attaching numbers to people’s names is that it usually makes them want to make the number go up. Call it gamification if you want. The truth is that it’s human nature, and as more people pay attention to social media, it is creating a sort of downward behavioral spiral. Candidates wanting more points on the social media scoreboard are urging supporters to tweet and post to Facebook on their behalf — spreading borderline spam on social networks and doing nothing to make the campaign season less of a horse race when that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. Rather than just making things worse, there are better things that papers like the Post could be doing.

Hi I'm Louis C.K. and this is a thing : IAmA

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:20:35 -0500

Hi I'm Louis C.K. and this is a thing : IAmA:

Louis CK:

to steal from someone and not feel bad, you either have to be a sociopath or view the act differently. One way is to remove “Someone” from the equation. You’re not stealing from a person. Big companies do a lot to help people view them as less than human. I heard a speach by Noam Chomsky who said that corporations are like super humans. They cannot be hurt like a human can and they never die. They are not succeptible to scrutiny or accountability. this makes them more profitable. If companies want to enjoy these benifits to some degree they have to live with what else comes with being not human. you miss out on compassion, forgiveness, comraderie, empathy, trust all kinds of shit.

The Cluetrain Manifesto:

These markets are conversations. Their members communicate in language that is natural, open, honest, direct, funny and often shocking. Whether explaining or complaining, joking or serious, the human voice is unmistakably genuine. It can’t be faked. roadkill Most corporations, on the other hand, only know how to talk in the soothing, humorless monotone of the mission statement, marketing brochure, and your-call-is-important-to-us busy signal. Same old tone, same old lies. No wonder networked markets have no respect for companies unable or unwilling to speak as they do.

Rational Irrationality: In Defense of Political Journalists : The New Yorker

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:56:00 -0500

Rational Irrationality: In Defense of Political Journalists : The New Yorker:

Maybe those tweet-happy, trivia-obsessed McMuffins really are letting down the profession and the country, turning Presidential politics into a game show. And since I’m sitting here waiting to find out how the horse race in New Hampshire turns out, rather than doing some research into the historical demonization of African-American political leaders, or whether Mitt Romney’s get-tough approach to China is credible from a game-theoretical perspective, maybe I’m guilty of the same thing. But wait a minute. Over breakfast this morning, I read the front section of the Times, which contains almost four full pages of political coverage, much of it tied to today’s New Hampshire primary. There were reports on how Romney has spent years cultivating local political leaders, on how the campaigns are already blanketing the airwaves in South Carolina, and a particularly interesting story on the relationship between Newt Gingrich and Sheldon Adelson, the Las Vegas casino billionaire and fervent Zionist, who has just donated five million dollars to a Super PAC tied to the Georgian. Sitting down at my desk, I picked up an investigative report from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that I had printed out. It examined the history of seventy-seven businesses that Bain Capital, Mitt Romney’s old firm, invested in between 1984 and 1999, and revealed that more than one in five of them (twenty-two per cent) had filed for bankruptcy. To my eyes, anyway, these were all examples of serious political journalism: well reported, clearly edited, and soberly presented. And today is nothing special.

Track: New Hampshire Primary Returns - WNYC

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:36:39 -0500

Track: New Hampshire Primary Returns - WNYC:

This.