After last week’s debacle with Barack Obama’s MySpace page, lots of bloggers have been discussing whether or not political campaigns should take control over MySpace profiles and other voter-created websites and online groups. It’s no surprise that bloggers have been covering this issue, but I wondered to what degree the story had reached mainstream media (MSM) outlets....
Continue ReadingI took a look at who is buying Google text ads for searches for Democratic contenders in the 2008 presidential election. Let's now look at the Republicans.
Read below for the ads that I found. Here's a few general trends I found:...
Continue ReadingWashington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell did a hit job in her column today on the Post’s decision to allow comments on all articles. Here are the first few paragraphs, which pretty clearly demonstrate her attitude:
Not so long ago, the only way to talk back to The Post was to write a civil letter to the editor,...
Continue ReadingStudy Concludes That Many Top News Sites Don’t Do RSS Well
Many newspapers don’t include all articles in their RSS feeds, giving users incomplete information.
How the netroots became the most important mass movement in U.S. politics
Great look at rise of the netroots....
Continue ReadingThe other day I stumbled across a YouTube video of pioneering journalists/programmer Adrian Holovaty playing the MacGyver theme song on guitar. (The video is on the YouTube homepage and has been viewed 750,000+ times). Seeing the video prompted me to head over to his site for the first time in awhile....
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