Jay Rosen
PressThink: Ghost of Democracy in the Media Machine, by Jay Rosen.
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Looking for the Mouse in Media: Clay Shirky on Deploying the Cognitive Surplus for Public Good
"The imagery is geological: the release of trapped deposits. He thinks we can reverse the time sink for people once marooned on the receiving end of a one-way system that didnt care what you...
The Presses Stop But the Press Goes On: Capital Times Lives on the Web
The Cap Times was re-born to Madison on Saturday. Ambivalence was felt about the lost authority of print-on-paper news. Generational blues were sung, a flying leap taken. Now a progressive...
"Where's the Business Model for News, People?"
Its remarkable to me how many accomplished producers of those goods the future production of which is in doubt are still at the stage of asking other people, How are we going to pay our reporters...
From Off The Bus to Meet the Press
In between there is uncharted territory. Mayhill Fowler's report quoting Barack Obama at a fundraiser ("It's not surprising then they get bitter") was posted at OffTheBus Friday afternoon. By...
The Love Affair Between McCain and the Press Sprains the Brain of the Liberal Blogosphere
"Though I await further reports, talk of some blogospheric war makes little sense to me. We're in a dynamic situation here. And one of the biggest unknowns is: will Obama match McCain in radical...
Just How Did John McCain Obtain What He Has in the Bank with the Press?
"Maybe Iran is training Al Qaeda is McCain's way of signaling that he intends to pick up where Bush and Cheney left off in discarding the whole reality-based approach to policy-making and public...
Obama tells the Best Political Team on Television: You Have a Choice
In Wolf Blitzer's instant analysis, Obama's big speech on race in America boils down to a "pre-emptive strike" against attacks yet to come. In fact it was a speech aimed right at him and other...
Getting the Politics of the Press Right: Walter Pincus Rips into Newsroom Neutrality
The important thing is to show integrity-- not to be a neuter, politically. And having good facts that hold up is a bigger advantage than claiming to reflect all sides equally well.