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Journalism is losing the culture war, because it's fighting last century's battles Paid Members Public
When politicians can lie without consequence, our culture of fact-checking does little to stop them.
Serving the Twitter Elite Paid Members Public
Twitter [https://blog.twitter.com/2014/new-features-for-verified-users]: > Similar to how we help businesses make advertising simple and effective on Twitter, we occasionally build features that enable these public figures — verified users — to engage more easily with the world through Twitter. Interesting to see Twitter developing an effective Elite, with tools
Why did journalism never go gonzo? Paid Members Public
Kevin Anderson pointed out [http://charman-anderson.com/2012/07/20/us-humourist-skewers-newspaper-industry/] this interview with humorist and newspaper columnist Dave Berry [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Newsletter/Columns/Syndicates--Dave-Barry-On-Winning-The-NSNC-Lifetime-Achievement-Award] , in which he makes a pretty damning assessment of the newspaper business: > So what role did newspapers play in the decline of humor
Subject Coverage: journalists vrs bloggers Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2010/06/ft-06-06-1667.html] [Created by [Flowton](http://www.flowtown.com/blog/how-subject-matter-varies-between-blogs-and-traditional-press?display=wide) from [Pew data](http://www.journalism.org/), discovered via [We Are Social](http://wearesocial.net/blog/2010/06/blogs-press-differing-agendas/)] These appear to be US figures, but it’s
Old Media Is Your "Trendy" Uncle Paid Members Public
There’s an interesting post over on Kottke.org by guest blogger Aaron Cohen that points out that the speed from launch to mainstream media adoption of new social web tools [http://kottke.org/10/05/the-speed-with-which-traditional-media-adopts-social-media-platforms] is growing ever faster. I’ve been chuckling ever since I read it,
The Meaningless Mainstream Media Paid Members Public
Andy Ihnatko on why the term “Mainstream Media” is meaningless [http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2009/06/28/the-mainstream-media/]: > You waste your shot by blaming it on The Mainstream Media instead. When I get to the end of your heroic screed I’m tempted to click the “Comment On This
The Blog Silly Season Cometh Paid Members Public
The comment volume on our blogs is waaaay down this week. And half the office are about to go on holiday. And that got me thinking: Do blogs now have a silly season? In the early days, us obsessives would keep the reader and comment levels high right through the
Blogging in the Mainstream: Blogger gets the Girl Paid Members Public
Another sign that blogging is in the mainstream now: [via [The Blogger’s Blog](http://www.bloggersblog.com/cgi-bin/bloggersblog.pl?bblog=726082)]
