Take two bloggers from opposite ends of the overheated political debate, then ponder the fate of an increasingly Uncivil society
Ach, as a a veteran Apple addict it is again time to tell one person at a time and in every time zone to listen to something different and a bit crazy so tune in to iTunes. Why? Well, these days discovering and enjoying podcasts is now as simple as shopping for extreme escapist and erotic eBooks or coldplay music or even text messaging Petra Gerard at the Ritz ;-) Podcasting—the ability to time-shift and download your favorite radio programs (NPR has been a pioneer here) and subscribe to a multitude of homegrown audioblogs over the Internet—has, despite a grab bag of free tools, inconsistent feed-management styles, and a hodgepodge of largely disparate content, grown rapidly over the last 12 months Crazy for iTunes 4.9: Apple Has The Technology
The Blog, The Press, The Media: The Unbearable Lightness of Blogging
Margo Kingston of Webdiary Fame was absolutely astounded when she read about the fate of a blog named "Hunter Holden Sucks"
G'day. Here's a successful legal ploy you can expect more of by people with lots of money to use to close down criticism on the web by people with little money. What do you think?
• Shutting down blogs: "sucks" and the tort of injurious falsehood [Shannon The Car Dealer & The Blogger ; Technology and IP Business No right of free speech for Australian critical website; 3g newsroom Legal threat to bloggers ; ethics forum Legal threat to online posts ]
• · Commercial searches prove a hit for Sensis ; Mark Glaser Did London bombings turn citizen journalists into citizen paparazzi? ; John Naughton Why I have serious doubts about the 'citizen reporters'
• · · A British teenager said on Monday he had launched a low-cost airline from his bedroom, becoming possibly the youngest airline boss in the world Teen launches airline ; Blogometer
• · · · Chris Abood Series on The changing face of media ; Journalists inside Rupert Murdoch's The Sunday Telegraph are comparing it to The New York Times's infamous Jayson Blair episode, when a reporter for the august newspaper was caught short on sources in 2003 and departed, taking a couple of the most senior editors with him Storyteller departs
• · · · · Now this story back in 2004, was a "real" embarrassment for the Government, over which people may well go to jail Jailed for telling the truth? ; Bush's right-hand man is dispatching his troops to smear Joe Wilson -- and save himself. He may win in Washington, but the special prosecutor will have the last word Rove's War
• · · · · · Conflict as marketing strategy ; Jay Rosen: I don’t think we as journalists can sort of pick and choose which sources and which obligations we’re going to honor, and say, well, this source doesn’t seem to have good motives, I’m not going to take his Feeding the beast