Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Irish diplomacy hailed at EU talks
CNN has a story on our own Bertie Ahern and his reputed expert negotiating skills. Curious that CNN make this kind of statement: A veteran of Northern Ireland’s peace process, Ahern’s diplomatic skills were honed helping to heal centuries-old sectarian divisions in the British province. Does Britain even have provinces?
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Facts about Swifty Mc Veigh
Swifty Mc Veigh Dont playahate, play along
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USA Today's Top Editor Resigns
Interesting news from the media world… Remember Jack Kelley, the reporter for USA Today who was fired after a scandal in which it was disclosed that he had fabricated many stories for the paper ? Last night, Karen Jurgenson, the top editor at USA Today and an employee of the paper since its inception in…
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Weblogs gaining maturity, becoming more useful
Dan Gillmor with a great piece on the evolution of weblogging.
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Keep talking, Miss Alvarez. Nobody cares.
A bored manicurist certainly wants her 15 minutes of attention in the press:
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Hunt is on for ships used by Greece in Persian Wars
Interesting story about the hunt for Greek ships, such as the ones used to attack Troy. And that film will be out in May. The article seems to have been edited badly, it cuts off at the end.
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The Practice and/or The Tool: Journalism and Blogging
Mary Hodder with a view from BloggerCon in Boston posing some interesting questions on journalism and blogging. Quite a witty post. 🙂 Journalism and blogs are the karass and the granfalloon. They need each other, but can we please please please stop talking about either/or or and or but or if? As if? Really. I’ve…
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Casualties in Fallujah
Dick and John both come up with different analyses of the reported number of casualites in Fallujah. Both are worth a look. I too have been reading some wildly different accounts of casualty numbers, thanks to them both for a good roundup.
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Journalism and the Washington Times
Kevin Drum with an interesting memo sent to the staff of the Washington Times. Heavy stuff indeed. To: Everyone in the newsroom From: The Managing Editor Re: Corrections in the newspaper This newspaper has an obligation to its reader to run corrections when we make a mistake. We need to hold ourselves to the same…
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Bizarre, an amazing MC
Rufus Johnson aka Bizarre aka Peter S. Bizarre was born on July the 5 th 1976. There is a story behind Bizarres nickname. He was called Bizarre Kid by a teacher because he used to talk to himself and to rap in the class:
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