Peter Diamond“The only thing that separates women of color, from anyone else, is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there,” said Viola Davis after becoming the first black woman to win the Emmy award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her role in “How to Get Away with Murder.” Read more →
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Meg MartinThank The New York Times for provoking Minnesotan’s flyover-country insecurities with its latest “dishes across America” story, this one geared toward Thanksgiving. Read more →
Michael Olson“Minnesota billionaire Glen Taylor expects to close on his purchase of the Star Tribune by the end of next month, fulfilling a goal he has had for years,” writes MPR News business reporter Marty Moylan. It may not be too long before Taylor has a chance to buy another newspaper: the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Read more →
Ongoing attempts to criminalise journalism in the US: Senior US congressman Mike Rogers: Glenn Greenwald is 'a thief' http://t.co/euSrCymfoq — Jen Robinson (@suigenerisjen) February 5, 2014 “A senior US legislator has accused the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald of illegally selling National Security Agency documents provided to him by the whistleblower Edward Snowden,” writes Spencer Read more →
“YouTube is preparing a premium on-demand music service — akin to a Spotify, but with video — to launch later this year, according to several sources familiar with the plans,” writes Alex Pham for Billboard. The service, designed with mobile listening in mind, will have a free component and a premium tier that offers unlimited Read more →
“The loose collective running the site today, estimated to be 90 percent male, operates a crushing bureaucracy with an often abrasive atmosphere that deters newcomers who might increase participation in Wikipedia and broaden its coverage,” writes Tom Simonite for MIT Technology Review. The sixth most widely used website in the world is not run anything Read more →
It was only a matter of time before the Internet started to monetize humiliation. In this case, the time was early 2011, when mug-shot Web sites started popping up to turn the most embarrassing photograph of anyone’s life into cash. The sites are perfectly legal, and they get financial oxygen the same way as other Read more →
“The U.S. soldier convicted of providing secret files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of classified materials in the nation’s history has asked for a presidential pardon, supporters said on Wednesday,” writes Reuters reporter Ian Simpson. The request for Chelsea, formerly known as Bradley, Manning, was filed by attorney David Coombs on Tuesday, according to Read more →
CNN, Fox News, the Associated Press and the Boston Globe falsely reported that a Boston Marathon suspect was in custody last Wednesday. Reddit and the New York Post identified the wrong suspects altogether. The Associated Press confirmed Tuesday that the organization’s Twitter account had been hacked. A false post was published about an attack on Read more →
Moments after the Boston Marathon bombings took place authorities solicited images from the public to help track down suspects. Many images of the finish line were also added to Reddit where internet denizens tried their hand at cracking the case. It turns out the crowdsourced manhunt was as effective as the New York Post, which Read more →