In his new book, Who Owns the Future?, Jaron Lanier discusses how advertising is killing journalism.
90 years ago, a newspaper journalist identified the exact same problem – goes to show how little progress we’ve made.
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Well, this is grim.
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These are two acceptable faces to make when a guy says “dating is legal prostitution.”
For real.
Coming Soon of the Day: Neil Degrasse Tyson Will Host the Sequel of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
Though it’s been quietly in the works since 2011, Fox has officially confirmed that Carl Sagan’s monumental 1970 sci-ed miniseries Cosmos: A Personal Voyage will be getting an updated sequel next year, which will consist of 13 episodes produced by Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane and hosted by one of the Internet’s most celebrated astrophysicists, Neil Degrasse Tyson. Fox is hoping the show will have as much as of cultural impact as Carl Sagan’s original series, which still remains one of the most watched PBS series in the world to this day.
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YES
perfect
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“People love chocolate” - Vice President of the United States of America Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Next time someone says no one talked about deficits when Bush was in office…
The worst thing you’ll read today.
John Holbo eerily predicted the moment when Kickstarter would lose its coolness.
Both of these, i should be clear, happened today. (And for the record, I have no problem with Kickstarter.)
Chris Evans (AKA CAPTAIN AMERICA) Doesn’t Like Ben Shapiro (AKA Editor at Breitbart.com)
Ben Shapiro (an editor-at-large at Breitbart.com who tried to link the Secretary of Defense with the non-existent group “friends of Hamas” during his nomination) was recently making waves with this charming tweet after NBA player Jason Collins’ came out.
So Jason Collins is a hero because he’s gay? Our standard for heroism has dropped quite a bit since Normandy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro)And then this morning, Chris Evans (AKA CAPTAIN AMERICA) tweeted
I genuinely dislike @benshapiro
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans)
Might be because Chris Evans is very pro-LGBT rights. Whatever the reason, it made our Friday a little better.
I attended an editing workshop at The Poynter Institute this week. In some ways, I don’t really know why. I’ve never held an editing role in my life. I’m not particularly enthused by the thought of reading over other people’s work. And for all I know, editing is…
this is modern media (not just cnn)
So Mediaite (not gonna link) thinks it’s hilarious that Bloomberg is arguing with the NYT over racial profiling in regards to NYC’s stop and frisk policy. Why? Because Bloomberg owns another media entity?
This is a website that not only caters to the one percent by basically begging Matt Drudge to link to them enough that they can sell ads, but that looks at news as just opportunities for entertainment. Is there actually racial profiling? Well, Mediaite doesn’t know and doesn’t have the resources to find out (fair enough, neither do i), but treating this as merely two media empires throwing barbs trivializes the actual issues at play.
Compare that to Mother Jones actually trying to explain the stop and frisk program. It’s not even a question of doing that type of work; Mediaite and sites like it systematically ignores that type of work, not even alluding to it; instead they frame it as media empires clashing. But that type of fact-based reporting is best ignored if you’re trying to gin up today’s outrage.
In the end, bad journalism mostly comes from the business model.
WASHINGTON—President Obama left attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in stitches Saturday night after delivering a hilarious speech repeatedly telling the entire room to “fuck off.” “No, seriously, each and every one of you cocksuckers can go fuck yourselves; I fucking hate all of you,” Obama said to the uproarious laughter and applause of the assembled politicians and media personalities. “Stop laughing. I’m not fucking kidding, idiots. All of you gathered here today are a bunch of spineless, hypocritical pieces of shit, and I have absolutely zero respect for anyone in this room. So, fuck you all, and may you and your families go straight to fucking hell.” Critics have praised Obama’s performance at the annual dinner, saying the president’s jokes were sharp and his timing has “never been better.”
