Of all the great ideas Jay Rosen has had, I never really understood what made this one anything but self-evident. Fact-checking the news in real, or-near real-time, has been an obvious need for over 20 years, and the technology to do it was old school even before blogging, Twitter and Facebook. It's just that no
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By Shoq, on April 8, 2010, at 6:27 pm
April 8th, 2010 | Category: Accountability, Internet, Jay Rosen, Journalism, Media, People, Uncategorized | 3 comments
By Shoq, on March 27, 2010, at 2:12 pm
In March, CNN made stunning announcement that Erick Erickson, editor of the ultra-right Tea Party screed Redstate.com (owned by Eagle Publishing, owner of malodorous HumanEvents.com) would be a regular panelist on the new "John King's USA" program. We get the media we deserve, and I was loath to roll over for one more indignity. I March 27th, 2010 | Category: Accountability, CNN, Conservatism, Eric Erickson, Internet, Journalism, Media, People, Politics, Uncategorized | 134 comments
By Shoq, on March 6, 2010, at 10:51 am
Who Says: Narrative Authority In a Fragmented World Jay Rosen tweeted this seminal post by Megan Garber, articulating what the web and digital media are doing to authority memes and journalism's role in this bizarre new world. Since the need to manage the tangled and competing taxonomic hierarchies of such a Narrative Big Brother has been March 6th, 2010 | Category: Accountability, Internet, Journalism, Media, Media Bias, Politics, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized | 81 comments
By Shoq, on February 14, 2010, at 10:59 am
In an inadequately brief, but crucially important review or what is sure to be an even more important and discussed book, Ellen Ullman, asks, "is the wisdom of the crowd, actually a lie?"
By Shoq, on February 4, 2010, at 2:06 pm
Flattered and confused The always brilliant Nicole Sandler, formerly of Air America Radio, has asked me to join her for a conversation on her new show, tonight at 7:30 EST. The audio & video streams: http://radioornot.com Hashtag #shoqradio CALL IN (join us): (213) 291-9410 By Shoq, on January 19, 2010, at 9:26 am
I missed "Why this Decade Sucked," by Ed Edroso, back in December. Wish I hadn't. While it's over the top in spots, by and large, it's spot on, and reminds me of Norman Solomon's words in the mid 90s, when he quite rightly warned that the Internet would empower the status quo, while January 19th, 2010 | Category: Analysis and Impact, Explainers & Primers, Internet, Media, Politics, Social Media, Technology, Twitter | 85 comments
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