Media
Snow shoveling time lapse
About 11 inches of snow at our house in Roanoke, Virginia for our second big snowstorm in 2010. My time lapse didn’t quite work out when I shoveled the first time Friday night, so this is from the second go-around of shoveling Saturday.
Three things I learned:
- Should’ve made the interval between shots less – maybe [...]
Some links I’m looking at: 10-29-09
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press // Arizona Supreme Court rules electronic data is public
“The Arizona Supreme Court today ruled that metadata – information about the history, tracking and management of an electronic document – is subject to the state’s public records law.”
Knoxville News Sentinel // FBI widens death-threats probe, subpoenas KNS online [...]
Another follow-up: news organizations report some false news
A follow-up to my previous post, CNN should be more cautious in breaking “news”:
The Associated Press has this story about how news outlets are increasingly rushing to report the news without verifying the facts first.
Aside from the “balloon boy” and Coast Guard non-shooting incidents which I mentioned in that previous post, the article also cites [...]
A follow-up on the “Balloon Boy” news – SNL does balloon spoof
Saturday Night Live had this funny bit during Weekend Update:
See my last post: CNN should be more cautious in breaking “news”
CNN should be cautious in breaking “news”
UPDATE
Some links of interest:
Check out SNL’s Weekend Update skit
NPR: Balloon Boy’s Transfixing Effect On The Media
END UPDATE
Balloon Boy’s Transfixing Effect On The Media
As the so-called “Balloon Boy” saga now unfolds as a confirmed hoax, I’m struck by the breaking news text messages I received from CNN Thursday when the network — and let’s be fair, [...]
