One of the most egregious examples of this ideological nonsense, popular among sociologists and dramatized by the press, was the idea that the way for the poor to escape from poverty was to organize to "fight city hall" and "gain power." This seemed plausible at a time when socialist and quasi-socialist ideas were still very much alive, prompting many to believe that the cure for poverty was political activism (relying upon the state) rather than economic activism (encouraging entrepreneurial energy in markets). Both Dan and I had come from poor families, had gone through radical phases in our youth, and were appalled to discover that ideas we thought discredited had acquired a new lease on life. The Public Interest was born on a shoestring budget in borrowed office space in Manhattan. Looking Back: Forty Good Years
[From the final issue of The Public Interest, Irving Kristol on Forty Good Years]
The Blog, The Press, The Media: A Media Tipping Point?
Big journalism is in trouble, and big journalists don't like it
The instant literature on what Jeff Jarvis has been calling the tipping point continues to grow.
So anyway, we're creating new things:
Google is the new library... and network... and ad agency (see the post below).
Blogs are new newspapers, right?
Podcasts are new radio then.
Vlogs will be the new TV, yes?
But then again, no, they're not. They're none of that. They're new, they're different, and they're not done yet.
• For Every Action a Reaction [Sharing that juicy email with your friends is not such a smart move Jennifer Aniston: Think again before you press Forward ; Game: Guess-the-google ]
• · Matt Thompson, one of the creators of Googlezon, says what I've been thinking for several days: Why did Mood of the Newsroom cause such a stir? After all, I, and others, have been writing similar things for a couple of years. Snarking the Newspaper ; Finally, a personal note. I was appropriately embarrassed by Jay's "what it took to get here" comment, but, hey, he's passionate and effusive and that's where those characteristics lead. Love ya, Jay. But he was right in benchmarking my own evolution in from a hard-core newsroom editor to a wide-eyed geek entranced by what my colleagues were doing with the early web (prototype Electric Examiner, strike newspaper, Salon) to an ex-journalists working on a start-up to the returning prodigal journalistic son I am today. It is my journey and it is not dissimilar to many journalists of my time. Jay Rosen
• · · American Greek lover of Dragon: Nick or Nicholas or even Nico Legend of the Red Dragon ; The new reason to have a blog?
• · · · Even when newspapers go belly up, their kind of content will live on. Next: The Google Street Journal ; No kidding; A parasol you say?
• · · · · Google is floating a trial balloon of a service that pairs advertisements with blog feeds. Google tests out blog ad service ; NEWS Limited has rejected a claim that it manipulated sales figures for its newspapers Numbers don't lie, say News figures
• · · · · · Lawrence Solum (San Diego): The Future of Copyright; Future of political humour - More evidence of Saudi doubletalk? This is just wrong, but...