Today I Recommend 12/3/16 Jon Stewart: The American media has become an “information-laundering scheme” Web Publication: Quartz, by Annalisa Merelli The new dawn in media Jon Stewart…[breath, exhale, sigh]. Jon is the new prophet of media integrity. Since the election, a lot of people have ‘gotten religion’ and media behavior and integrity has gone from tertiary […]
Today I recommend 11/24/16
Exclusive Interview: How Jared Kushner Won Trump The White House Web Publication: Forbes.com, by Steven Bertoni Cool Efficiency Presently, a great deal of attention is focused on whom Trump is selecting for various advisory and cabinet positions. This article “Exclusive Interview: How Jared Kushner Won Trump The White House” by Steven Bertoni may be a […]
Today I Recommend 11/16/16
Facebook won’t call itself a media company. Is it time to reimagine journalism for the digital age? Web Publication: The Verge, by Catherine Buni Call it what it is A week ago, when the nation was still slapping themselves over the reality that Trump had been elected, a hand full of articles came out questioning […]
Today I Recommend 11/10/16
After Trump’s win, even some in Silicon Valley wonder: Has Facebook grown too influential? Web Publication: LA Times, by David Pierson The dog bites the hand that feeds it Sometimes I wonder if Facebook will remain relevant given privacy concerns and the swings back and forth between Facebook manipulation and user freedom. At a minimum, […]
Today I Recommend 10/30/16
This is what it will be like to protest in 2020, when the state is watching your every move Web Publication: Fusion.net, by Peter Moskowitz How to be a marked man By posting this insightful queue, I am probably furthering my own marked status. The details in the story, based on dozens of tiny observations […]
Today I Recommend 10/23/16
The Election Is Rigged, But Not as Trump Would Have Us Believe Web Publication: Reason.com, by Sheldon Richman Helpful advise, pre-Armageddon This article is an educational primer on all the issues that may very well come into play in the aftermath of the election when Trump, or Hillary’s people for that matter, decide to not […]