This late night talk show host resolves the Limbaugh controversy PERFECTLY.
Watch a clip from his show on YouTube.
Limbaugh makes about $33 million / year.
Perhaps we need to get rid of Leno and Conan. And put Craig Ferguson in that spot.
Keith Olbermann damns both Limbaugh and Pat Robertson to Hell. That was more my first reaction. …
On Sunday, January 10th, 60 Minutes did an interview with John McCain’s campaign strategist Steve Schmidt:
Sarah Palin comes off very, very badly.
Schmidt says it would be a disaster to elect her President in 2012.
Click PLAY or watch her Greatest Hits on YouTube.
Happily, Dana just let me know that Palin’s gone to work for Fox News TV, the bastion of those who actually still believe anything she says.
How appropriate.
And I LOVE it.
Did you see the announcement of the new Google phone?
…” the Nexus One: huge AMOLED touchscreen, thin-and-light form factor, available unlocked or on T-Mobile, pervasive voice input, etc. And many have already reached for the easiest narrative in which to fit Google’s announcement: the Nexus One is Google’s attempt at an iPhone-killer. …
The Nexus One may or may not be an iPhone killer (it probably isn’t), but it doesn’t matter, because the Nexus One was arguably the least significant thing that Google announced today. The real news at Google’s event this morning—news that could shake up the mobile industry just as thoroughly as the original iPhone announcement—wasn’t a phone at all, but a URL: http://google.com/phone. An online storefront that, if successful, could knock one of the major pillars out the current, much-reviled US carrier model and result in faster, cheaper, more flexible service for mobile users. …
… once they’re on Google’s platform, they’ll be forced to compete purely on the kinds of things that consumers actually want them to compete on, namely, price and quality. And when networks compete on price and quality, prices will go down and quality will go up. …
read more – arstechnica – Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL
Phone companies will actually have to adopt a sensible pricing model. Apple must “open” their products.
The phone’s not available in Canada yet.
via Tyler McGowan on twitter @tylermcgowan
The Supreme Court of Canada transformed the country’s libel laws Tuesday with a pair of decisions that proponents say will expand the boundaries of free speech.
The court ruled that libel lawsuits will rarely succeed against journalists who act responsibly in reporting their stories when those stories are in the public interest.
It also updated the laws for the Internet age, extending the same defence to bloggers and other new-media practitioners. …
“Freewheeling debate on matters of public interest is to be encouraged and the vital role of the communications media in providing a vehicle for such debate is explicitly recognized,” Chief Justice McLachlin said in a pair of 9-0 decisions. …
more news stories on this topic
Our politicians ususally blunder when drafting legislation around new media, clinging to flawed, outdated models. But the Supreme Court is to be praised. Click through if you want to see their names.
I’m proud to be a Canadian today … after being so disappointed this week in the lack of transparency, accountability and fiscal responsibility of our Ministry of Indian Affairs,
So says Brian.
He’s a Global Warming skeptic. Like these guys:
… Some global warming skeptics in the science or political community dispute all or some of the global warming scientific consensus objecting to whether global warming is actually occurring, if human activity is truly to blame, and if the threat is as great a threat as has been alleged. Prominent global warming skeptics include Richard Lindzen, Fred Singer, Patrick Michaels, John Christy, and Robert Balling. …
Of course there are pro-industry, right wing idiots that deny global warming as a knee jerk reaction.
But there are also serious scientists that feel there is not enough evidence. That the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has jumped the gun. Especially the “hockey stick” graph.
Read about critics here.
Or read a mainstream media article – BBC – What happened to global warming? That’s written by the Climate correspondent, BBC News.
You’ve heard skeptics before.
… But Brian now declares that global skepticism will be WIDELY covered by the mainstream media by Christmas.
Let’s see if he’s right.
We could go back to worrying about the next ice age.
Me, I’ve done no research at all. There are many bigger problems in the world occupying my attention.
Love it.
In launching a $50-billion lawsuit against tobacco companies, Ontario is joining what many expect will eventually become a national battle to recover health costs linked to smoking.
The governments of British Columbia and New Brunswick have already filed claims against cigarette manufacturers and most of the other provinces have passed legislation enabling them to make similar cases.
“Let’s be clear: This is important for the people of Ontario who have paid a lot of money for health-care costs directly related to tobacco use over the decades,” Ontario Attorney-General Chris Bentley told reporters yesterday. “We believe the taxpayers should be compensated for the costs that they have paid. That’s what this lawsuit is all about.”
After years of legal wrangling in the United States, tobacco manufacturers agreed in 1998 to pay state governments $246-billion (U.S.) over 25 years to help pay for the costs of treating people with smoking-related illnesses. …
That $246-billion settlement is not correct. It turned out to be well over $300 billion.
… And why is it that smokers do not consider this littering? Most don’t toss anything else on the ground.
A theme on this blog is the steady decline of BIG media.
And the rise of independent voices: blogs, podcasts, social networks.
But one of the big media players is thriving. National Public Radio in the USA.
Why?
… NPR’s ratings have increased steadily since 2000, and they’ve managed to hold on to much of their 2008 election coverage listenership bump (with over 26 million people tuning in each week so far in 2009), unlike many of their mainstream media counterparts.
Compared to cable news, where most networks are shedding viewers, and newspapers, where circulation continues to plummet, NPR is starting to look like they have the future of news all figured out. Or at least, they appear to doing a lot better at it than the rest of the traditional media.
But what is NPR doing differently that’s causing their listener numbers to swell? They basically have a three-pronged strategy that is helping them not only grow now, but also prepare for the future media landscape where traditional methods of consumption (TV, radio, print) could be greatly marginalized in favor of digital distribution. …
This reviewer sees NPR doing 3 things right:
Of the three, the third is most important to me.
Read the entire article on Mashable – Why NPR is the Future of Mainstream Media
As a non-profit, NPR is less tied to the old media bias of shareholders, perhaps.
I’m a regular listener, subscribing to a number of their audiocasts.
Hoo hoo. Congratulations.
Delaney Rebecca Adlard was born May 31st.
5 pounds 10 ounces
19 inches long
Daddy Dave didn’t actually do the delivery himself
From frequent tryer, first time father Kelly Mock:
On Monday, May 4th at 6:16pm we said hello to Madelyn Kate Mock and good-bye to sleep.
Congratulations Kelly and Lexi.
Mihai Stoica at my gymnastics club is DUE for his first baby May 17th.
