Highly depressing read, both into the writing practiced at AOL and what this business considers important (just generating stupid trivial trash to generate pageviews).
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The Faster Times – AOL Hell: An AOL Content Slave Speaks Out
Tagged with: aol, business, Communication, ethics, internet, journalism, media, writing
Posted in Business, Communication, Quick Posts
Short Link: http://www.yostivanich.com?p=3207
Posted in Business, Communication, Quick Posts
Short Link: http://www.yostivanich.com?p=3207
Throwing Fire – LastPass Disclosure Shows Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Even the technology journalism sites can’t get things right on occasion.
Tagged with: business, hacking, journalism, LastPass, media, privacy, Security, sony
Posted in Economics, Quick Posts, Security, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/l3e7gL
Posted in Economics, Quick Posts, Security, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/l3e7gL
Nieman Journalism Lab – Baseless speculation! Frank Rich and the price of paywalls for writers
Good point to recognize this difference, but the point must still be made that both need to be paid, and half to find a system that enables writers and publishers to make money off the content.
Tagged with: business, journalism, media, paywalls, publishing
Posted in Communication, Economics, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/h2HHqq
Posted in Communication, Economics, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/h2HHqq
NYTimes.com – Radiation + Cable Anchor + Science = ?
Cable news no matter the network typically is a pile of fail when it comes to science.
Tagged with: cnn, health, journalism, media, Nancy Grace, nuclear, radiation, safety, Science
Posted in Quick Posts, Science
Short Link: http://jty.me/hP9T9k
Posted in Quick Posts, Science
Short Link: http://jty.me/hP9T9k
Union of Concerned Scientists – FoxNews.com Article Uncritically Passes on Climate Misinformation
Nice take down UCS.
Tagged with: climate change, foxnews, journalism, media, Politics, Science
Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Science
Short Link: http://jty.me/hKVW2B
Posted in Politics, Quick Posts, Science
Short Link: http://jty.me/hKVW2B
The New Yorker – News Desk: Why Is Eric Schmidt Stepping Down at Google?
This is super short article but man it details the entire story of Schmidt leaving Google as C.E.O.
Tagged with: business, china, eric schmidt, google, journalism, larry page, management, sergey brin
Posted in Economics, General News, Quick Posts, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/hevnLD
Posted in Economics, General News, Quick Posts, Technology
Short Link: http://jty.me/hevnLD
Toppling the statue of Saddam Hussein in Iraq : The New Yorker
This is a classic New Yorker story, take a single idea or story go really in depth, pull interesting nuggets and raise questions.
Tagged with: iraq, journalism, media, Politics, usa
Posted in Communication, Quick Posts
Short Link: http://jty.me/gKerhE
Posted in Communication, Quick Posts
Short Link: http://jty.me/gKerhE
