Jeff Jarvis has a much more reasonable take on the unreasonable Alex Beam. Says Jarvis: What old media does best is give us the facts. Credibility is their asset. What new media does best is give us perspective — a new perspective, the too-long-unheard perspective of the people. The people are our asset. And new …
Archives for April 2002
Well, well, well. Look who
Well, well, well. Look who has a blog now.
Peter Preston cheers suicide bombers
Peter Preston cheers suicide bombers in this essay for the Guardian, titled Palestinians have found a weapon Israel can’t counter. There are so many offensive statements in this piece (of crap) that I will try to focus on the most odious: The Israelis use their heavy-duty kit to blast the remnants of PLO authority. The …
I liked him better when
I liked him better when he was rapping- Cornell West in the Philly Enquirer: Many are calling for the Bush administration to intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle. And such intervention could help. Yet the Bush administration is making no effort to conceal that its heart lies elsewhere: in creating a coalition in the Islamic world …
Gabriel Ash needs serious help:
Gabriel Ash needs serious help: Not every day you’ll catch me declaring my profound agreement with the interloper in the White House. So take note. In his State of the Union, George Bush urged Americans to volunteer, to help build an America that “serves goals greater than the self.” He said “America needs citizens to …
Matt Welch has a warning
Matt Welch has a warning for the blog community: Any human ecosystem that is suddenly subject to the glare of media attention — praise, derision, whatever — is inevitably changed and distorted by the process. It’s hard to see clearly with the lights shining on your face, no matter if you are a trained cynic, …
Joshua Green points out something
Joshua Green points out something that appears to have eluded only Bob Woodward: Norm Mineta is a worthless layabout.