Saturday, October 18, 2003

News

News

Why do I have to go to Britain to get real news. Incredible article about the new fraud-o-matic voting machines in the U.S. Democracy is now officially dead.

OJR article: NY Times Reporter Has Seen It All Before, and He's Still Pessimistic

OJR article: NY Times Reporter Has Seen It All Before, and He's Still Pessimistic

Quote: it sometimes seems we have a world full of bloggers and that blogging is the future of journalism, or at least that's what the bloggers argue, and to my mind, it's not clear yet whether blogging is anything more than CB radio.

And if that doesn't rile you, how about this?

Quote: When I tell that to people … they get very angry with me. ... I also like to tell them, when they (ask) when I'm going to start a blog, and then, 'Oh, I already have a blog, it's www.nytimes.com, don't you read it?'