Dear Senator Feinstein:

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Thursday December 03, 2009 · 12:09 PM PST

2009/12/03 · 12:09

I've tried calling your San Francisco and DC offices, but apparently i'm not the only one trying to get in touch with you today.

I am writing to inform you that I oppose your amendment to limit protection for journalists to those individuals who are paid by or contracted to a media firm. I am shocked that you consider fiscal compensation the demarcation for socially worthy reporting that should be protected. Consider the media fixation with balloon boys or White House party crashers and tell me that it's the paycheck that makes that journalism.

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Thursday March 12, 2009 · 9:53 AM PDT

2009/03/12 · 09:53

The Nieman Lab just released an amazing new media research tool called Media Cloud. The impetus behind the project and some of the basic features are covered in this excellent interview with Ethan Zuckerman (who uses DailyKos coverage in several examples).

The new tools access a collection of data streams from msm news and the blogosphere. They allow researchers to view topic spread and word associations visually with word clouds, charts and a world map demonstrating coverage by source. They have thousands of streams.

The site is just launching today (so the access is a bit wobbly), but over the long term, the creators see the Media Cloud as an open access media research tool. According to Zuckerman, they will eventually be adding an API to let people really get to work quantitatively analyzing the breadth of world (english-language) coverage.

Anybody recommend good recent data on...

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 11:59 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 11:59

I'm doing some research on the efficacy of street protests in the current media environment (MSM/blog coverage). I'm running a survey/experiment with students that, in part, asks them to rank (from a list of issues) the issues/causes that they care the most strongly about.

Right now, I'm trying to generate a good list of issues which i hope would reflect the range of issues that are of concern to young people (man, i feel old saying that!). I starting to look for national surveys conducted for the election cycle which rank issue priorities for the populace, but also include some breakdowns by age. Any recommendations?

I plan on sharing the results of my study here when it's completed sometime in December. I think it will have some interesting things to say about the value of street protests for organizations trying to reach through the common media frames to raise awareness on their issues.

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In its coverage of mass protests, the MSM usually

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In its coverage of mass protests, the MSM usually

presents a thoughtful representation of the protest organizer's concerns

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depicts activities at protest events in an objective way and as they truly happened

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treats protesters expressing participating in political expression as heroes

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exposes the criminal activity common to the bands of deviants who participate in protests

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What I Learned About Good Governance from David Brooks

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 11:40 AM PDT

2008/09/16 · 11:40

It's not every (any?) day that I learn something from David Brooks other than what the new set of Republican talking points are going to be. But it happened today.

Brooks's op-ed in the NY Times was, as usual, difficult to get through. But after a heavy dose of those-elitist-leftie-snobs-suck-the-most, he actually points out that, perhaps the person to fill the second highest position in the land should have something more than instinct to go on. But that wasn't really all that enlightening.

You see, I've been trying to understand why the Republicans are so inept at governing. They have smart people (don't groan). Yet, if you'll pardon the expression, why can't they keep the trains running on time. I thought it was just that they were greedy and/or corrupt. But, can't you still overpay contractors and hand off sweetheart deals to your business friends for projects that help the people too? (It worked for the Democrats) Anyway, I knew it had something to do with their dim view of government in general, but I still didn't have a satisfying answer for why they fail so miserably. Today, David Brooks provided it.

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Dear Senator Feinstein:

Hey Media Junkies! It's time to put your research where your mouth is.

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What I Learned About Good Governance from David Brooks