I've been playing with MediaCloud - a new site and set of tools under development from the Berkman Center.
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I've been playing with MediaCloud - a new site and set of tools under development from the Berkman Center.
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I was going to write a rebuttal of Nick Cohen's article in the Observer lamabasting the BBC for a dereliction of its duty to protect serious journalism. But I can't be bothered. I like Nick and enjoy reading him even when we disagree. But this is such an uncharacteristically sloppy and soft-headed piece, riddled with unsubstantiated assertions, that Im not sure it's worth the effort. I will simply point out :
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Good work from Ron Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski:
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Robert Thomson, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, recently attacked Google but made a really important point in doing so: “Google devalues everything it touches,” Thomson said. “Google is great for Google, but it’s terrible for content providers, because it divides that content quantitatively rather than qualitatively. And if you are going to get people to pay for content, you have to encourage them to make qualitative decisions about that content." Recognition of quality of content rather than just availability or quantity of content is a key issue for sure.
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