Media Bits and Bytes - The Next Sound You Hear Edition
- It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech - Zeynep Tufekci Wired)
- On Net Neutrality, Thune Can't Read the Writing on the Wall ... or in His Local Newspaper - Timothy Karr (Free Press)
- How “Fox & Friends” Rewrites Trump’s Reality - Andrew Marantz (The New Yorker)
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Breaks Out Into Civil War Over Appalling MLK Day Editorial - David Uberti (Splinter)
- Alexa, Google Assistant Want To Be Everywhere in 2018 - Ben Fox Rubin (CNET)
- I’ve Been Asking Trump Voters Every Couple Seconds If They Still Support the President - Dan Hopper (McSweeney’s)
It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech
By Zeynep Tufekci
January 16, 2018
Wired
In the 21st century, the capacity to spread ideas and reach an audience is no longer limited by access to expensive, centralized broadcasting infrastructure. It’s limited instead by one’s ability to garner and distribute attention. And right now, the flow of the world’s attention is structured, to a vast and overwhelming degree, by just a few digital platforms: Facebook, Google (which owns YouTube), and, to a lesser extent, Twitter.
On Net Neutrality, Thune Can't Read the Writing on the Wall ... or in His Local Newspaper
By Timothy Karr
January 11, 2018
Free Press
The senator certainly hasn’t been listening to his constituents in South Dakota, who have joined others across the country to write dozens of letters to the editors of local newspapers urging elected officials to support Net Neutrality, or else.
How “Fox & Friends” Rewrites Trump’s Reality
By Andrew Marantz
January 15, 2018
The New Yorker
The thin fourth wall between the President and his TV.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Breaks Out Into Civil War Over Appalling MLK Day Editorial
By David Uberti
January 18, 2018
Splinter
An editorial on Martin Luther King Day suggested describing someone as a racist was in fact worse than racism itself.
Alexa, Google Assistant Want To Be Everywhere in 2018
By Ben Fox Rubin
January 16, 2018
CNET
These voice assistants want to be on the go with you, plugging in to smart glasses, smart earbuds and even smart toilets.
I’ve Been Asking Trump Voters Every Couple Seconds If They Still Support the President
By Dan Hopper
January 19, 2018
McSweeney’s
This constant, uniformly unwavering support for Trump begs the question: do these people regret voting for Trump? Has anything changed since my last paragraph?