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• 09-Sep-2016

  
  15 year old White House Reporter! Charming story from my pal Dennis Wilen (who I’ve known for quite some time, here’s a 2001 blog post mentioning his wisdom) — check it out: A 15 YEAR-OLD AT WASHINGTON PRESS CONFERENCES!
• 04-May-2012
  Source cited So over several months I was consulted for an article about Flash. There were some issues and errors in it initially, but now that it’s all there, I’m delighted to show you the link: Time to de-Flash your site? Now, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states that “Any headline which ends in a question mark can...
• 05-Dec-2007
  Rub Our Noses In It (Steven King on the Media) From Q&A: Talking with Stephen King in Time Magazine. Do you actually think Britney and Lindsay should be on our cover? Yeah, I do. Sort of a, ‘This is what the media’s actually interested it, so let’s just put it out there’ thing? I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people,...
• 07-Jan-2004
  I like the phrase… Economic Democracy: Towards a Democratic Economic System and Media — I intend to read this.
• 16-Jul-2002
  RADIO RADIO They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don’t give you any choice ’cause they think that it’s treason So you had better do as you are told You better listen to the radio [+] TONIGHT ONLY. I’ll be on the radio. San Diego NPR station KPBS on the show The...
• 19-Nov-2001
  How the lie about what Clinton said spread See Clinton Speaks, Pundits Spin: The Washington Times and the Spread of a Media Myth The upside of rapid communications is that it so rapid. The downside is that it’s so rapid it discourages good fact-checking, which tends to produce “news” which misrepresents what was said, leading to faulty conclusions about what it means. Several...
• 10-Nov-2001
  Item in the New York Times: As U… Item in the New York Times: As U.N. Meets, bin Laden Tape Sets Off Alarms. This is a good note. Lots of news out there, but this one should raise some alarm bells. The take-home message for me is: Osama Bin Laden has read his Sun Tzu He is cultivating his friends and his enemies...