Product placement in editorial text. Doug at Common Sense Journalism has the scoop.
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On NYT’s anonymous source policy
Editors Weblog links to an interesting radio transcript of an interview with Allan M. Siegal, the NYTimes assistant managing editor and standards editor. People take advantage of news organizations, ours included, to float information without taking responsibility for it, and…
Doc’s out-the-window pix
Doc Searls posted a couple cool pix taken out the window of his plane back from the East Coast to LAX the other day. Twas his good fortune to fly over both the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. If your…
Blog me out to the ballgame
The San Francisco Giants play the Oakland Athletics in Oakland in June, and I’m hoping to get as many bloggers as possible to the game and to write about it on their blogs. The game I’ve chosen is at 1…
Another ’10 favorite novels’ list
Maud points to another fun collection. These are the 10 that had the greatest impact on my outlook on life. Also my favorites, because I’m in perpetual need of guidance. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison All the King’s Men by…
Smoking Gun indeed
Here’s the famous FBI memo warning the snoozers in D.C. that known associates of Osama Bin Laden were taking aviation classes in Arizona. I’d love to meet the morons who ignored this memo and pour hot coffee in their laps.
Back to Tokyo
It’s official: Sid (aka Winkie) is going back to Japan next month. The job is a step up in responsibility and will force me back into writing. I’ll do more of the editing I like to do (working closely with…
JD on copyright run amok
Herr Lasica profiles a filmmaker who got stamped under Disney’s heel. The closing quote: “This all comes down to whether you believe culture should be bottom up or a top-down approach imposed by the corporations,” Horowitz says. “As it is…
Are contractors mercenaries?
Some of the lefty blogs have started calling the “civilian contractors” in Iraq mercenaries. The idea being: they’re mostly ex-military and they’re in Iraq for the big bucks. Guns for hire, mainly. But my understanding of the term is that…
Monday morning blogroll
Doc Searls links to a great series of posts by a friend who’s gone home to India and many interesting surprises. Doug Fisher warns against getting parenthetical in quotes. Nonsense Verse has a new home. Bonus link: A photo of…