Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Student hoaxes world’s media on Wikipedia
DUBLIN – When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he said he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.
His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.
Such a sad commentary on the state [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Comic rips media’s false sense of urgency
Before “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” aired the first of its four shows produced from the city where Democratic National Convention is being held, Stewart gathered a couple of dozen national political print reporters for breakfast, riffed a few funny lines, then read them the media riot act. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Olympics have been great to watch…for so many reasons. Gold medals, last minute comebacks…um…trampolines and LOTS of great atheletic bodies! Very inspiring.
Thanks to NBC for this re-cap Guess the swimmer
H/T to the Daily Bedpost
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“The authorities had discovered the rarest and most pitiable of creatures: a feral child.”
This is a story from the St. Petersburg Times about a young girl who was the victim of one of the worst cases of neglect you will ever read about. It’s such an incredible story, and here you have both the best [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I figured that it was time I learned a few things.
For those who know me, that meant making a list and blogging was the first on the list. There are many others, so hopefully this will be a great way to share with friends and family what’s going on in my world.
One of my other projects [...]
