Time: Twitter will change the way we liveThe weather reports keep announcing that the sky is falling, but here we are sitting around trying to invent new ways to talk to one another. It’s inspiring, says Steven Johnson.
Op-eds
Wolff: Why I like Silvio Berlusconi
Sure Berlusconi is corrupt and ridiculous — but that’s why he’s great, says Michael Wolff: He’s a head-of-state in the most fantastic sense.
Vanity Fair’s editor on the future of newspapers
The Telegraph’s reporting of the MP expenses scandal shows the best way to save newspapers is with great journalism, says Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter.
Monbiot: get over the polar bears
Climate change isn’t just about polar bears, the Amazon or the oceans — it’s about the future, everyone and everything, says George Monbiot. We don’t need a fuzzy mascot, we just need to act.
Twitter distracts journos from real journalism
Twitter keeps journalists glued to their computer screens instead of being out on the streets doing their actual jobs, says Edward Wasserman.
Why biofuels are lose-lose for consumers
Even if forcing the market to produce biofuels reduces some emissions, says Ted Gayer, it will increase others.
Britain must prepare to protest
With the economic crisis reshaping British politics, citizens must prepare to fight back and defend democracy, or be faced with a British Berlusconi, writes Richard Overy.
Picard: Why journalists deserve low pay
Journos just aren’t creating much value these days, says Robert Picard, and until they come to grips with that, no amount of blogging or twittering is going to solve their failing business models.
Is something rotten on the NY Times op-ed page?
Bjorn Lomborg — Danish statistician and self-styled “Skeptical Environmentalist” — found his way onto the New York Times op-ed page over the weekend.
Greed is irrelevant to GFC
Greed isn’t why the financial crisis happened, and restraining it won’t prevent bad stuff from happening again, writes Barry Schwartz.
The banality of Bush White House evil
Five years after the Abu Ghraib revelations, we must acknowledge that the US government methodically authorised torture and lied about it, writes Frank Rich.
I like a drink. Does that make me an alcoholic?
The latest government health campaign will show how each drink is the equivalent of four fish fingers. Bonkers, writes Janet Street-Porter.
Why are newspapers exploiting the people they cover?
Journalists complain that Google exploits their content. But if you go by the journalist’s own logic, then the truth is that they are exploiting the newsmakers they cover, argues Mike Masnick.
Poynter Online / Thursday, 16 April 2009
When you’re trying to foster a conversation about race, how do you choose who to include and who to exclude?