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Media Meltdowns
CNN Doesn't Like Talking About Internal Twitter Shakeup
Rick Sanchez made news defending CNN's Iran coverage against a Twitter mob on the air Monday. But it turned out he had a less flattering story to tell behind the scenes. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by El_Gato: CNN has failed in its coverage -- if you can even call it that -- of Iran because for the... 1 Responses | Other threads
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the future
Microsoft's Silly Holographic Meeting Tech Has Perfect Customer
Microsoft's applied for a patent on facilitating meetings via hologram. Yes, this is ridiculous. But perhaps salable! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by uncivily obedient: Maybe when they invented color tv people also said "this is ridiculous". Maybe when they invented Twitter people said "this is... 2 Responses | Other threads
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priorities
Twitter Is Down! Twitter Is Down! What Will CNN's Rick Sanchez Do?
What does it take to move CNN newsman Rick Sanchez? Not, apparently, a plane crash which killed 50 people. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Jezedude: Why is he so excited about 50 people die? 2 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
Did Ashton Kutcher Cheat His Way to a Million Twitter Pals?
Ashton Kutcher, we wish we could quit you. The model-actor-director-wantrepreneur has been racing CNN to attract a million followers on Twitter, and he barely won this morning. People are already suggesting the contest was rigged. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by lillywolf: I think that was done so that people couldn't add/remove themselves in an attempt to game the system and be... 7 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Take a Snow Day
What's in Ruth Reichl's freezer? What disappoints Martha Stewart? Which New York wantrepreneur is about to get a snowball to the face? And why is a CNN reporter freaking out? Twitter has all the answers: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Brawndo: I don't understand why you keep taking famous people's names on twitter as fact of their presence. That is not... 2 Responses | Other threads
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oops
"Obama bin Laden" Error Hits Yahoo's Homepage
It's not just angry rightwingers who mix up "Obama" and "Osama." Yahoo News has joined CNN and the Associated Press in confusing the most powerful man in the world with his terrorist enemy. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by James Paylor: This sounds stupid but Bin Laden is dead, im not 100% sure but i have been watching alot of Alex... 1 Responses | Other threads
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caption contest
Help me Anderson Cooper, you're our only hope
CNN's cheesy hologram stunt for election night got star power from hip-hop artist Will.i.am, whose 3D image was beamed into CNN's studios for an interview with anchor Anderson Cooper. Will.i.am. compared it to Star Wars; Cooper corrected him, saying it was more like Star Trek. But anyone who remembers Princess Leia's holographic plea for help in star Wars knows Will.i.am had his sci-fi references straight. Can you think of a better caption? Leave it in the comments. The best one will become the post's new headline. Yesterday's winner: theodp, for suggesting Google CEO Eric Schmidt was thinking, "With my $1 salary, I'll be getting a tax cut!"
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By Owen ThomasComment by i38warhawk: Hold it right there Owen. Coop new what he was talking about, Star Trek started using holograms for communication... 2 Responses | Other threads
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media
CNN vote coverage marred by hologram stunt
Throughout this election, self-interested vendors of neophilia have touted tech's ability to transform old-school politics. In reality, it has put a new facade on an old building: touchscreen vote analyses and Twitter quotations are just new ways of presenting exit polls and man-on-the-street interviews Barack Obama's heralded social-networking tools? Merely an update of the ward-boss operations of old. CNN's "virtual Capitol" on election night was the ludicrous culmination of this trend. When Wolf Blitzer thanked a holographic correspondent — "Jessica, you're a terrific hologram, thank you so much" — I realized that tech is not transforming the political process; it is debasing it.
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By Owen ThomasComment by sample032: Your points are all good, but I'm going to be a pedantic prick and say that's not really a hologram... 1 Responses | Other threads
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digg
Websites race to take credit for Obama victory
Forget hacking voting machines; our media brethren are, at this moment, most concerned with gaming Digg to get out the vote for their stories about Barack Obama's apparent victory in the electoral college. (Our sister site Gawker was late to the game; its headline submission for "Obama Wins!" was seventh in line, judging by the URL.) Taking the lead: "Digg This If You Voted for Obama!" with more than 20,000 votes. It points to a CNN.com story. New media serves merely to confirm the victory of old media.
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By Owen ThomasComment by weezle3: Just to note that "former digg programmer" started his day promoting one man, one vote: [www.owenbyrne.com] Unlike, um, digg. more » | Other threads
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great moments in journalism
CNN analyst checks Facebook during debates
A cameraman caught CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin checking Facebook in the middle of Wednesday's presidential debate. Come on, admit it: You were doing it, too. (Why is GOP media consultant Alex Castellanos's name scrolling through the frame? Yeah, we couldn't figure that out, either, but we're told it's Toobin on screen, not Castellanos.)
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By Owen ThomasComment by snidleywhiplash: He was trying to send a Friend Request to Joe the Plumber. 1 Responses | Other threads
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By Owen ThomasComment by ResearchZilla: spot on - just like your own ads for latino content network guanabee running down the left side of the... more » | Other threads
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great moments in journalism
Wired lauds Current TV for copying CNN
Current TV's Twitter-enhanced live feed of the Obama/McCain debate on Friday "broke new ground," according to Wired blogger Sarah Lai Stirland. But it's been nearly a month since the September 8 premiere of CNN's Rick Sanchez Direct, in which Sanchez turns the camera on Twitter for the modern version of man-on-the-street quotes. How it works: You add Rick. He adds you back. You then tweet live during his show. He may pullquote you, or run the live stream onscreen. Sanchez, currently following nearly 18,000 people, already drew attention for his live tweet-reading during Hurricane Gustav, when Twitterers filed reported facts to millions of viewers. More »
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Comment by DouglasHaechler: This is a pretty selective report. It broke new ground for a presidential debate, which I've been covering during the... 1 Responses | Other threads
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politics
How the MSM end-ran Obama
Barack Obama's campaign has been the most successful end-run of the mainstream media machine in American politics. But the senator's plan to text-message his announcement of a running mate at 3 a.m. Saturday —- deliberately out of step with the MSM news cycle — was beaten to the punch by a collusion of two factions: Experienced reporters out to get the scoop, and people close to the politicians who didn't get the gig. More »
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By Paul BoutinComment by nirreskeya: @valleypro: That's why they have off buttons. more » | Other threads
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hacks
CNN's self-parodying headlines now available on T-shirts
Is CNN for real? The headlines on its website — "Minced onions force emergency landing" — cause some to wonder if its Atlanta-based producers aren't having a jape at the expense of news junkies. Now, an expansion into selling T-shirts confirms that CNN is laughing at us, not with us. Capitalizing on the trend of mass-personalized e-commerce, CNN.Shirt lets readers pick any recent headline and put it on a T-shirt. As blogger Andy Baio notes, the feature is easily manipulated, allowing users to construct any story they want and get it printed. But why bother making up the news when CNN shows just how much stranger truth is than fiction?
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By Owen ThomasComment by matto: Including linefeeds (%0a) and carriage returns (%0d) seems to produce interesting results. more » | Other threads
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security
The real reason Google is cooperating with China
CNN has been taken down in parts of China, and reports are suggesting that hackers who may have the support of the Chinese government are responsible. The attacks have come after many Chinese feel that the news network's reports seemed biased in favor of pro-Tibet sentiment. While a simple DDOS attack on CNN's servers is fairly unremarkable, boasts by Chinese hackers that "no Web site is one hundred percent safe" got me thinking. Maybe the reason that Google and other Valley companies are cooperating with the Chinese government isn't just because they're greedy, but also because they're scared. After all, helping to censor and track down dissidents doesn't generate bad press stateside the way that, say, a security breach exposing the private, personal data of millions of Americans might. (Photo by heinousjay) -
clips
Julia Allison earnestly explains the rise of the celebritard
CNN's Showbiz Tonight turned to Julia Allison to explain the phenomenon of tabloid regulars with little or no talent in this clip. She calls it the "de-evolution of celebrity." I can hear the producer on the phone now: "Hello, pot, we need someone to call the kettle black this afternoon. Are you available?" Of course, Allison doesn't just know how to put on makeup, wear a dress and pose like the rest of these creatures — she's an umtrepreneur!
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By Jackson WestComment by Buffy_Doo: @It Must Be Take a Worm for a Walk Week: You are a lame ass if you believe any of that.... more » | Other threads
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ashley alexandra dupre
CNN's blow-by-blow of Spitzer girl's MySpace and Facebook profiles
Mallory Simon works for "the most trusted name in news." But she's working hard to make CNN also the most trusted name in news feeds. Simon gives CNN.com readers every detail of when and how Eliot Spitzer's call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupré, changed her MySpace and Facebook profiles last week. But at 1,000-plus words, Simon overstays her welcome. Instead of paying writers by the word, why don't we pay them to leave? The 100-word version, below. More »
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Comment by Eac_o_System: The more attention Ashley Dupre gets... the less le-way Eliot Spitzer can get to extract revenge... good for her. more » | Other threads
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chez pazienza
CNN fires blogger for blogging
CNN fired American Morning producer Chez Pazienza yesterday for blogging on the side. The network says Pazienza was canned for not having his blog posts vetted by higher ups. He disagrees. "It's not that I've been writing," Pazienza told thePoMoblog. "It's WHAT I've been writing." On his blog, Pazienza writes that he "fell into TV news 16 years ago and been stuck there ever since (proving that the business really is a bottomless pit)." Thump!
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Comment by BlinkyMcChuck: I think they maybe fired him in part because he complained about Nancy Grace's many interviews with Natalee Holloway's mom,... more » | Other threads
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rick schwartz
The fabulous life of the domain-name king
Remember that guy you hate, Rick "Domain King" Schwartz? He sold iReport.com to CNN for $750,000 earlier this month. Well, the feeling's not mutual. He doesn't hate you. He just wonders why he's only one living the way he does. Schwartz told Sydney Morning Herald he's shocked more people don't get into the business of trading domain names. Because really, it's a fabulous life. Just ask the King himself. More »
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Comment by David Quiec: @Zooyorq: Domaining is a legit business and it takes skills to do this well. To be able to make... more » | Other threads
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jackpot
Domain king cashes $750,000 check for $70 domain
Rick Schwartz just sold CNN the domain iReport.com for $750,000. Schwartz bought the domain in 1997 for "$70 to $100," he told Silicon Alley Insider. CNN likely bought the domain for its I-Report program. You know, the one where You The Viewer get to do all the work. A concept which jibes just so nicely with Schwartz's latest post on his personal blog. More »
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Comment by Mel: As several have pointed out ... that $750K is a fraction of what this guy rakes in in a year. more » | Other threads
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online video
Internet TV even dumber than the real thing
In case you didn't watch the CNN.com interview Carlson posted with Famesource, the social network buying signups in Bangalore, all you really need to see is the title of the online-only show. And I never thought I'd say it, but: Button up, lady. This is CNN.
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By Paul BoutinComment by Magister: The open shirt and the old-fashioned hair is sort of the anchor's trademark and I have to say that it... more » | Other threads
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virtual worlds
CNN to put idle Second Life population to work
CNN is planting its foot into Second Life, if only to claim it was there before the fall. But the news organization isn't looking to understand the virtual void firsthand — it's leaving the actual legwork to the resident population. A genius move. At any given time, there are 80,000 idle thumbs with nothing better to do than lurk about in the big empty and file reports to CNN, sparing the cost of an expensive journalist to the virtual world, as competitors like Reuters have done. We're just waiting to see headlines like "Rain of penises disrupt interview with former virtual masseuse" on CNN's headline crawl. -
the new hotness
The five sites you must stop reading (and five to replace them)
Is the Onion still funny, or have you just gotten used to reading it so you haven't seen it decline from its '90s heyday to the pool of mediocrity it is today? How about Boing Boing, McSweeney's, CNN.com, or Perez Hilton? It's time to feel bad about what you like, for that is the path to enlightenment, or at least to not being that dink who IMs me month-old jokes about Bush. More » -
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CNN tech chief leaves — layoffs coming?
Monty Mullig, the head of Web technologies at Time Warner's Turner division, which runs CNN and TBS, among others. Despite CNN's efforts to burnish Mullig's profile by featuring him as a talking head, touting CNN's ability to serve up millions of pageviews in crises like the contested 2000 presidential election and 9/11, you've likely never heard of him. But nonetheless, his departure now is instructive. Turner, you see, is rumored to be planning layoffs in Mullig's department. It may seem odd that Turner, whose CNN.com is a runaway success in online news, would be plotting cuts as everyone else is scrambling to staff up with Web developers. But Mullig, and his long, prolific website-building tenure, may have a lot to do with that. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by AugieMarch: I was actually in a meeting with Monty in '99 while I was at Cisco. On a joint call with... more » | Other threads
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search
CNN dumps Yahoo for Google
When Yahoo signed up CNN.com as an online-advertising customer in 2004, bumping out Google, it was seen as a victory that gave Yahoo's then-nascent search business a significant boost. Now, however, Google has reversed that loss, displacing Yahoo as both CNN's search tool and its keyword ads provider. CNN, one should note, is a division of Time Warner, a former investor in Google and a co-owner with Google of AOL. For Yahoo's search business, it's a staggering loss; for Google, a predictable victory.
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