By Martin Bosworth Craig Aaron from FreePress.Net alerted me to this bit of funny business: During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another […]
July 15: “Black Sunday” For Independent Media
By Martin Bosworth Crossposted at OpenLeft. Tomorrow marks a depressing day for fans of Internet radio stations and alternative newsmagazines of any political stripe. Corporate interests have successfully shepherded through bad business […]
Tony Blair whacks the press; the press whacks back: Chill, dudes
In a reversal of the old adage “dance with the one who brought ya,” outgoing British prime minister Tony Blair is taking shots at the press, calling it “a feral beast” — […]
Blogging a sports event: What’s ‘live’ and what isn’t?
An NCAA official ejected a sports reporter Sunday from the press box at a college baseball tournament game for providing “live” blog updates on his paper’s Web site. The NCAA booted Louisville […]
Two Frontiers: wars of liberation and of determination
Never has the chasm between the expectations and concerns of the rich and those of the poor been greater. The youngsters lighting fires in Germany at the G8 Summit to protest about […]