Tag: Politics
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Iraq: The War Card – The Center for Public Integrity
Big journalism package from a non-profit on the inconsistencies between what the government said about Iraq and what happened. Iraq: The War Card – The Center for Public Integrity
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Politweets – When Twitter gets political
Site is running searches (through tweetscan or on its own?) for all candidate names, pulling the feeds, parsing the XML into this well-designed display. Very cool. Politweets – When Twitter gets political
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www.opengovdata.org – Open Government Working Group
Good for transparency, good for news organizations looking for data to parse. Tim O’Reilly, Larry Lessig, Adrian Holovaty all on the list, among others. www.opengovdata.org – Open Government Working Group
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Digg – Digg The Candidates
A profile page, friends, and dugg stories for many presidential candidates. On Digg. Wow. (And yes, Ron Paul has close to double the friends of the the guy in 2nd place.) Digg – Digg The Candidates
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Edwards’ staff tussles with UNC journalism school – newsobserver.com
Uh, yeah, trying to stop j-school students from posting a video on YouTube is probably not the best way to control campaign coverage. Edwards’ staff tussles with UNC journalism school – newsobserver.com
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9/11 Is Over – New York Times
The most intelligent thing Thomas Friedman has written in months. Oh, wait, I haven’t read him since TimesSelect started. Congratulations, NYT, consider me a unique visitor who wouldn’t have stopped by today if TimesSelect was still in place. 9/11 Is Over – New York Times
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The first rule about AT&T services
Via Journerdism, BoingBoing, and Slashdot, in that order, comes this excerpt from AT&T Terms of Service on a bellsouth site: “5.1 Suspension/Termination. Your Service may be suspended or terminated if your payment is past due and such condition continues un-remedied for thirty (30) days. In addition, AT&T may immediately terminate or suspend all or a…
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TASER THIS
Four word editorial (two for the hed, two for the copy) from the Rocky Mountain Collegian – a student newspaper. TASER THIS
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Bush Has Bad Day at Sydney Opera House – The Associated Press
“President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House.” – A wonderful lede. And yes, I’m linking to an AP story hosted by Google. Easy to read, ain’t it? Bush Has Bad Day at Sydney Opera House – The Associated Press
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House panel approves legal shield for bloggers – CNET News.com
Not as great as it sounds. Basically says that bloggers are journalists IF they make money “or livelihood” — if they take ads. Not sure how detailed the language is, because my blog has certainly been a factor in getting “livelihood.” via Dave W. House panel approves legal shield for bloggers – CNET News.com