Four years ago, a handful of of bloggers received credentials to cover the Democratic National Convention. The controversial credentials, opposed by MSM, were mocked as gimmicks. Silly, we opined back then, because nearly everyone attending the 2008 conventions would be a blogger. Our forecast is at hand. This will be the most blogged, v-logged, streamed, […]
The text thing is more than cool. But does it demonstrate a new kind of leadership? I want more follow up than a form to donate money. Still, I’m happy to get the message about your veep candidate at the same time as everyone else, dude. And what a tool for voter turnout in November […]
The men’s soccer team lost to Argentina, the women’s soccer team lost to the U.S., the beach volleyball team lost to Dalhausser and Rogers. And that was just the beginning. Brazilians are so upset with the performance of their teams at the Olympics that they hacked the Brazilian Olympic Committee’s Web site, forcing the organization […]
It took a thousand years to build a 4,000 mile wall to keep the foreigners out of China. Its taken just a few days for the World Wide Web to teach the Chinese to count. The We Media movement has thoroughly exposed the confusion, dare we say cheating, by the Chinese to qualify a world […]
The Transportation Security Administration, those dashing functionaries at airport security, starts implementing “checkpoint-friendly” bag policies this week that will allow notebook computers through those scary x-ray machines without being removed from their case. But to qualify as “checkpoint-friendly,” a bag must have a designated notebook-only section that unfolds to lie flat on the X-ray machine […]
The Huffington Post rolls into Chicago tomorrow to save journalism from the Terrible Tribune Co. Arianna says she’s got a great blog post from actor John Cusack, an ode to Chicago that a fact-checking local reporter found to have “more errors than the 2006 Cubs.” Tribune innovation chief Lee Abrams not only sees the Chicago […]
So I finally set up a Facebook account. Thirty-four friends so far! Not a bad start, eh? Only 830,125 to catch Michael Phelps. I have him at a disadvantage. His Facebook page broke today with 7,600 pending requests. I’ll be his friend, but I won’t beg. Dale PeskinDale is co-founder emeritus of We Media. www.wemedia.com
Whose photo is it? Boston.com runs a Getty Images picture from the Beijing Olympics on its The Big Picture. Pass it on. Update: WSJ’s photo blog, which went hiding following the flap, has been renamed Photo Journal and can be found with difficulty. Director of Photography Jack Van Antwerp Director of Photography offered an explanation, […]
Years after the rest of of us knew it, New York Times literary critic Michiko Kakutani coronates Jon Stewart as “a genuine cultural and political force.” The three-page spread, nearly literary in scope, acknowledges the fake anchorman and his satirical The Daily Show as an important news source. Stop the presses. “Is This The Most […]