Former Reagan Administration Paul Craig Roberts stated in a interview with RT News that there is a concerted effort to shut Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, up and that if the legal attempt fails, he’ll be assassinated by a CIA assassination team. Roberts explains to the anchorwoman. “There is a concerted effort to nail [...]
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Bradley Manning Support Network’s PayPal Closed
Courage to Resist, the support group set up for raising funds in support of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning (the man behind a large number of the recent WikiLeaks documents), has been closed down. “We’ve been in discussions with PayPal for weeks, and by their own admission there’s no legal obligation for them to close [...]
Just Like Egypt, Libya Shutters Internet Too
This is all getting a little scary if you ask me. Governments being able to turn off the internet like a light switch in the bathroom…all willy nilly. It’s a bit too 1984 if you ask me. This graph is from last week, and they’re back up now, but it is still very frightening that [...]
Important Lessons from William Safire
As I was reading about the life of Nixon speech writer William Safire yesterday, I came across this little piece written by Ted Pease with “Today’s Word” that I knew I had to show here. In my time as a journalist there are things I learned that I MUST pay attention to, like spelling and [...]
TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM . . . Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
http://tedsword.blogspot.com Fair & Balanced? “A newspaper cannot really congratulate itself on having got all the facts impartially when it has quoted at length from two uninformed idiots on opposing sides of an issue.” –A.J. Wiggins, former editor & publisher, The Ellsworth (Maine) American Speak up! Comment on the WORD at http://tedsword.blogspot.com. Feedback and suggestions–printable and [...]
TODAY’S WORD ON JOURNALISM – Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
It’s amazing how quotes from the past would work perfectly if they were said today. http://tedsword.blogspot.com What about well-meaning clamor? “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” –Martin Luther King [...]
My Girlfriend Goes Big.
Rachel Maddow, shown filling in for Keith Olbermann on “Countdown” last month. Ms. Maddow will host the 9 p.m. hour beginning Sept. 8. (Ress Greenberg/ New York Times) From Bill Carter at the New York Times: Just in time for the closing rush of the presidential election, MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup, [...]
Crowds Line Up At Olympics To See Hot Volleyball Cheerleader
Ok guys.. keep your tongues in your mouths and get ready to see some of the hottest Olympic cheerleaders. Enjoy, they’re for you! =) read more | digg story
Berkeley Scientists: World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs and salamanders. Researchers said substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet. read more | digg story
Obama’s Tax Plan vs. Mc Cain’s Tax Plan (Pic)
This is a graph that shows how McCain and Obama’s respective tax plans would affect people of different monetary backgrounds. read more | digg story
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Hi I'm John Boitnott. Welcome to my blog! Here I talk about how old media is coping with the Web. I write for Soshable.com, build buzz for sites and advise writers on how to make their work more likely to be shared online. I have worked at Venturebeat, Village Voice Media and NBC. Before that I held several positions at various TV newsrooms in the state of California, from 1994 to 2009.
