... raking through the detritus, I pick out bits of my life Bloggers who do real watchdog journalism will suffer now - Irony Alert: Killing the Office Blogger
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The Blog, The Press, The Media: We are Technorati bloggers, hear us roar
Our friends at Technorati are working with the organizers of the Live 8 concerts to call attention to bloggers writing about the concerts and fundraising efforts.
The tagline on their special site for the event reads, “We don’t want your money, we want your voice!” Technorati is urging bloggers to write about Live 8 and tag their posts so Technorati can track the conversation.
• Roundup: Africans on Live 8 [Too little imagination is being used... because it is at odds with the daily news cycle Are we getting the most out of FOI? ; SBS is now providing MP3 downloads and podcast feeds for some of its programs ; Is it wrong for a sports editor to cheer for the home team? But if they are battling for a title, what's wrong with hoping for victory? ; When will the network media and other "mainstream" outlets finally stop pretending to be balanced? Bias, what bias? ; Public TV is already sinking, so why not rock the boat? Public TV is already sinking, so why not rock the boat? Media: The PBS Paradox ]
• · Compassion overload not only affects the public but also the media that keep it informed, writes Mark Scott For a day, at least, the news of the world's greatest tragedy will be on page one Why you will never see a front page like this [Mark Scott is a former researcher for the skinny dipping Minister of Education, Terry Metherell, and now editor-in-chief, Metropolitan, Regional, Community Newspapers for John Fairfax]; Though the Washington Post doesn't acknowledge it in their own article, the newspaper continues to get beat on the Deep Throat story. USA Today Is First with SECRET MAN's Secrets - Woodward's 'Deep Throat' book surfaces ; Does Redford/Woodward meeting signal new Deep Throat movie? ; Musical: Stop ID Card and the Police State
• · · The big brother at BigPond sent me a series of frantic messages recently: I had to update my email program immediately on pain of exile Small fish, BigPond ; Debt relief and poverty reduction: an update by Brian Bahnisch
• · · · AFP raids home in net fraud investigation ; via Boynton - What’s a blog for?; John Podhoretz, New York Post THOUGH it has always been the fantasy of Americans that their highest court was truly a Solomonic body, only the foolish and the sentimental hew to that romantic vision of the U.S. Supreme Court these days Supremely Absurd
• · · · · Who Has Most Influence Online?; Every single day, 30,000 children die, needlessly, of extreme poverty." ~Bob Geldof Become one of 50 bloggers to go backstage at Live 8 ; Jana Wendt Live 8: Rock around the clock ; Here Is The Complete List Of Performers At All The Live 8 Concerts; ONE MILLION Americans are now a part of ONE; Bye bye anonymity and data security and welcome to the international club of Internet Nannies Austria joins international club of Internet Nannies ; Is German culture against blogging ?
• · · · · · Around the World in 15 Songs ; Sean Penn An American Reporter's Notebook ; Who's Lost Faith In Professional Journalists? Ink-Stained Retches ; Indymedia UK reports that servers hosted by Italian group Autistici have been hacked by police This story echoes another one