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Why There is a Crisis of Fake News

By Phil Mayes Posted on April 23, 2018 Posted in Computers, Media, Musings, Politics, Society No Comments Tagged with Internet

Call it the law of unintended consequences. The internet is a disruptive technology comparable to the Gutenberg press. Initially it was seen as a global encyclopedia, making all human knowledge available to everyone. Then social media arose, and I saw …

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The Press Versus Trump

By Phil Mayes Posted on January 22, 2017 Posted in Media, Politics No Comments

The NYTimes just published a fascinating article, not for its content, but for its tone. Starting with the headline “With False Claims, Trump Attacks Media on Turnout and Intelligence Rift“, the message is that the Trump administration lies, and those …

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Tackling the Problem of Fake News

By Phil Mayes Posted on December 13, 2016 Posted in Media, Society No Comments Tagged with Slate, Snopes

Slate is launching an attempt to mark fake news. They will “rely on crowdsourcing and human moderation by Slate staffers and contributors.” There will probably be sabotage attempts by bad actors, and the results will be criticized for liberal bias …

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Only Conservatives Fall For Fake News Stories

By Phil Mayes Posted on November 29, 2016 Posted in Media, Politics, Society No Comments Tagged with Fake news

There has been much coverage of fake news stories and how they might have affected the election. Interestingly, the news site owners said that the only stories that went viral were pro-conservative ones. He was amazed at how quickly fake news …

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Continuing NYTimes Bias

By Phil Mayes Posted on May 10, 2016 Posted in Media, Politics 1 Comment Tagged with Bernie Sanders, Clinton, Election, New York Times, Trump

I have railed for months about the pro-Clinton bias in the NYTimes. Today’s headline reads Three Crucial States Show Tight Races Between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton PARA 2: “The Quinnipiac University surveys, released on Tuesday, show Mrs. Clinton leading Mr. …

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Guess what 30% of Republicans Believe?

By Phil Mayes Posted on July 29, 2012 Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized No Comments

…that Obama is a Muslim. Sigh. The Pew Forum.

Freedom of the Press

By Phil Mayes Posted on January 31, 2012 Posted in Media, Society No Comments

Chicago cops are being advised that all of the 3,000 international journalists planning to cover the G-8 will be committing a felony when they turn on their audio devices to record the public arrests of protestors. Slate. I do not …

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Jon Stewart, the Media and the NYTimes

By Phil Mayes Posted on November 1, 2010 Posted in Media No Comments

In today’s NYTimes, David Carr critiques Jon Stewart’s attack on the media as insignificant because “In even a good news night, about five million people take a seat on the cable wars, which is less than 2 percent of all …

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Google vs. Newspapers

By Phil Mayes Posted on April 9, 2009 Posted in Intellectual Property, Law, Media No Comments Tagged with AP, Google

There is an excellent analysis of the plight of newspapers on Groklaw, and PJ ends by pointing out that Groklaw itself is an example of what the newspapers have not been providing, and what will arise in the wake of …

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New York Times sued over Boston.com’s linking practice

By Phil Mayes Posted on December 24, 2008 Posted in Intellectual Property, Media No Comments Tagged with Gatehouse, New York Times

In this CNET article, GateHouse Media object on the grounds of copyright infringement because the NYT uses the headline and first sentence, but their real gripe is that it links directly to the article, not to the front page, and …

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