Chris Knight, who’s been unfairly treated by media giant Viacom, now says: YouTube has restored my clip. Good.
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More Awards for Journalists
Here are the 2007 Online Journalism Awards Finalists.
News Consumption by Voting
The Project for Excellence in Journalism has released a survey, “The Latest News Headlines—Your Vote Counts,” and asks: If someday we have a world without journalists, or at least without editors, what would the news agenda look like? How would citizens make up a front page differently than professional news people? If a new crop […]
Crocodile Tears from Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
UPDATED Observe “Trashing Petraeus,” an editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal. It weeps for the loss of civility in political discourse, pointing to a MoveOn.org advertisement in yesterday’s New York Times and congressional Democrats’ silence about it as evidence that “the ability of the U.S. political system to function will be impaired in a way […]
Journalists Failure to Dispel Saddam-9/11 Myth is Media Scandal
Buried in this New York Times story is the following incredible finding from a new poll: Six in 10 Americans said in the poll that administration officials deliberately misled the public in making a case for the war; 33 percent of all Americans, including 40 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats, say Saddam […]
Quechup's Spam Tricks
Infoworld’s “Cringely” observes, regarding the nototious Quechup: When you sign up for the site it prompts you to share your address book so you can find out which of your 10,000 close personal friends is also trolling for dates on Quechup. But instead of presenting you with a list of friends, Quechup sends an invite […]
Separating Political Truth from Spin (or Worse)
The St. Petersburg Times and its corporate cousin Congressional Quarterly are going to test politicians’ statements for, um, truth. So in a move rare for a news organization, we’re dedicating a team of reporters and researchers to meticulously examine the rhetoric of candidates and their partisans, and then make a call: Is the claim true […]
Berkman Center in 10th Year; Planning Workshops
I’m at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society today for the first fellows meeting of the academic year. As before, it’s an honor to be part of this group. This fall and winter I plan to hold some workshop/unconferences on citizen media, looking at several key issues in the arena including trust and techniques. […]
Self-Referential Linkage by Wall Street Journal
In a story about Yahoo’s latest executive reorganization, the Wall Street Journal gave credit where it was due, sort ot. The paper noted that news of the changes had appeared earlier on AllThingsD site and Valleywag. Dow Jones owns AllThingsD. It doesn’t own Valleywag. I linked to both sites in this posting. The Journal only […]
Why American Newspapers are Dying, Part MMCCDXVI
Editor & Publisher: Many Won’t Run Next Two ‘Opus’ Strips With Sex Joke, Islam Reference. At least 25 of the 200 or so “Opus” client newspapers might not run the Sunday-only comic’s next two episodes, which feature Islamic references and a sex joke. Puritan prudishness and political cowardice: Now there’s a combination that’s just certain […]