shouting loudly

Politico has a great post on press bias. Their basic conclusion: political journalists face a lot of countervailing forces, and ideological bias has little if any influence in day-to-day reporting.
I think this is spot on. In 2004, for instance, the press were happy to aid and abet the right’s shameless character assassination of Kerry. They [...]

This week is the 10th Anniversary of the passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Title I of the DMCA is the most controversial and important part of the act.
In a great post over at Freedom to Tinker, David Robinson has a great post on how the DMCA was born. He relies heavily on Jessica [...]

Over at the Public Knowledge blog, Michael Weinberg has a great post about the overzealousness of a webhost’s copyright enforcement: Music Label Shut Down for [not] Infringing Itself.

What is the role of citizen journalism in crisis situations? Some quick thoughts and anecdotal evidence suggests that the role citizens can play in crisis situations is becoming significant. Consider the example of citizens taking snapshots with their cameraphones during the London subway attack. Or think about how the Sichuan earthquake first ‘broke’ on Twitter, [...]

YouTube’s impact on electoral politics was probably most felt by Senator George Allen (R-VA).  In an unguarded campaign moment, he pointed to an Indian-American supporter of his opponent, Jim Webb, at a campaign rally and called him “Macaca.”  Allen maybe didn’t know about YouTube.  The resulting firestorm contributed to his plummenting poll numbers and is [...]

In a blog post over at The Publius Project, Judith Donath asks “Is Reputation Obsolete.”  It’s a provocative piece and well worth a read.  Honestly, I’ve spent the past week trying to dip into the literature on reputation systems and to call it the shallow end of the pool would be an insult to pools.  [...]

This weekend, the Philadelphia Inquirer endorsed Barack Obama for President. In what I think is an unprecedented move, however, it also published a dissent making the case for John McCain.
The Times’ Caucus speculates that this was due to interference from management. Here’s a key excerpt:
Brian Tierney, chief executive of the company that owns The Inquirer, [...]

Here’s another awesome XKCD comic, this one on music piracy, DRM, and the DMCA.

I cannot recommend against Globat.com strongly enough. After the break, you’ll find a complete and total telling-off of a company with some of the worst customer service practices imaginable.
Even if you don’t read it, avoid them at all costs. Will update w/ their reply.

Great blog post (and genuinely good comments) over at Xark! on the slow death of newspapers.
Source: DailyKos midday open thread (which also links to a great Atlantic story about the joke that is airline security).