Simon Owens

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July 7, 2009

Who Actually Clicks on Those Pesky Links Anyway?

Considering how, “in recent months, news aggregators like the Huffington Post have received heated criticism from some who believe theyÃƒÆ’Â¢ÃƒÂ¢”Å¡Â¬ÃƒÂ¢”Å¾Â¢re stealing valuable traffic and ad revenue from newspapers,” with even “appeals court Judge Richard Posner recently wr[iting] a widely-linked post arguing that copyright law should be changed in order to bar linking to websites and […]

July 6, 2009

Gabriel Voiles

NPR Ombud Dodges ‘Torture’ Reporting Critic

Salon‘s Glenn Greenwald has an update (7/2/09, ad-viewing required) on “several noteworthy developments since I wrote on Tuesday about the refusal of NPR‘s ombudsman, Alicia Shepard, to be interviewed by me about NPR‘s ban on using the word ‘torture’ to describe the Bush administration’s interrogation tactics”: Given the utter vapidity of her rationale (“there are […]

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