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The Blog, The Press, The Media: Put a Dragon In Your Think Tank
ExxonMobil has pumped more than $8 million into more than 40 think tanks; media outlets; and consumer, religious, and even civil rights groups that preach skepticism about the oncoming climate catastrophe. Herewith, a representative overview
A godfather of global warming denial, author of The Scientific Case Against the Global Climate Treaty and Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming’s Unfinished Debate. Key quote: “There is no convincing evidence that the global climate is actually warming.” Connections to ExxonMobil-funded groups: at least seven.
• The Cold Earth Society [Extraordinary libel case Could the editor of 'The Times' really end up going to jail? ; A blog is a blog when it's a blog.... ; Richard A Clarke What Congress can do now to bust the boom in identity theft. You've Been Sold]
• · Many mainstream-media blogs manage to combine the worst of both worlds: Hemmed in by tradition, they lack the candor and point of view that distinguishes good blogs. Bereft of good material, they lack the depth and quality of print journalism. Bill Grueskin, managing editor of WSJ.com ; To read the headlines, or the bloglines, one might get the sense that the bloggers have arrived on the scene to challenge the “gatekeepers” of the big media. This is an essay in six parts to examine this theme The New Gatekeepers
• · · There's a mysterious kind of guarantee when a real name is attached to a weblog. Without it, everything is less real, more inconsequential Is It Cool to Be Anonymous? ; Under dozens of pseudonyms, Kyle Vallone has orchestrated the publication of scores of letters to the Times, San Francisco Chronicle and the Tri-Valley Herald during the last decade Why write letters on behalf of a candidate and send them to a "tree" of supporters who would sign their names and send them to newspapers? It occurred to him that he could skip a step, make up fictitious identities and send the letters via e-mail Grassroots Astroturf
• · · · Bloggers without Borders is a citizen journalism hub, dedicated to raising conscience for, and about, events around the world Bloggers without Borders ; We have started a new feature here at Small Business Trends: i.e. Brewed Fresh Daily is like an online coffee shop. The atmosphere is warm, inviting and interesting, just like your favorite neighborhood place. Like any good coffee shop, it's part office, part living room, part cafe. It feels like a physical place, yet it's all online Brewed Fresh Daily is a weblog to start your day with.
• · · · · More simply, professional life isn't turning out quite the way these journalists thought it would - and it makes them mad Jay Rosen: Tim Porter Lets Out a Roar [In comments: If I wasn't humbled before, I am now. ... Tim]; Last Draft: You have one life, one career, you might as well shoot for the stars The Mood of the Newsroom
• · · · · · I delete my cookies weekly! Helps me to rememeber all the passwords ;-) Boo-hoo, internet users delete our ad-tracking cookies, it’s all the consumer’s fault. More self-absorbed whining from the advertising community, as a survey of 2,337 consumers reveals that 39% of of them delete cookies at least monthly, casting a shadow on website traffic statistics. Here’s the article, from ClickZ News: Study: Consumers Delete Cookies at Surprising Rate ; A decade ago, in the spring of 1989, Communism in europe died-collapsed, as a tent would fall if its main post were removed ... Professor Lessig is using this wiki to open the editing process to all, to draw upon the creativity and knowledge of the community. This is an online, collaborative book update; a first of its kind: Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (Cold River) ; Lessig & Imrich