Paul Krugman, upon reading the Washington Post Ombudsman’s review of that paper’s coverage of the US health-care debate, offers a few reasons why poor coverage of major policy issues happens – which actually go a long way to account for the poor state of most journalism.
Advert to encourage people to stop dropping cigarettes from Keep Britain Tidy.
The Sydney Morning Herald – which pimps cars and trucks in colourful sections several days a week, and thus certainly helps maintain the cars-first culture that contributes to Sydney’s second-class status – is nonetheless launching its own public inquiry into the city’s neglected transit system. You don’t have to read between too many lines to see that the main problem is perennial state government ineptitude.
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MIT Media PhD guy Aaron Zinman offers this online installation that builds a personality profile based upon your name. Somewhat cryptic results (especially if you’ve got a generic name) but awesome visuals.
In other words, “project approved”.
