| Mark Glaser: Journalist, Critic, Facilitator, New Media Expert |
| Post on 04-03-2006. |
MediaShift is one weblog that will track how new media—from weblogs to podcasts to citizen journalism—are changing society and culture. _Continued..._
Lately, the hugely popular social networking site MySpace has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Politicians and parents are worried about sexual predators and other illegal activity on the site. And Jupiter analyst Nate Elliot believes the membership numbers for MySpace — hovering around 60 million registered users — are deceptive. Most of these users create one page and never go back, he told ABC News. ... |
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| At risk: Freedom of speech |
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This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in yet another campaign finance case. At issue is one Vermont law that caps not only how much people can give to one candidate but how much one candidate can spend.
The smart money is on one long, messy, complicated ruling that clarifies less than it confuses. Why? Because that's how we like it. ... |
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| Where he faces arrest over 2,231 kid porn pics |
| Post on 04-03-2006. |
PAEDOPHILE Gary Glitter could be sent back to Britain by Christmas to face new child porn charges, it emerged last night.
There was fury yesterday after the swaggering pervert bought his way to just three years' jail in Vietnam for vilely abusing two girls of 10 and 11.
With parole, he could be free as early as November when he faces immediate deportation. It is most likely he would return to Britain. ... |
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| Jonah Goldberg Columnist: Freedom lovers, let's treat politicians |
| Post on 04-03-2006. |
Home|Opinion|Commentary Jonah Goldberg Columnist: Freedom lovers, let's treat politicians like Twinkies Like one list of ingredients, disclosure of donors makes sense; Vermont's caps on campaign gifts do not. Jonah Goldberg Columnist
Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer: This fall, consider the peace platform This week the Supreme Court heard arguments in yet another campaign finance case. At issue is one Vermont law that caps not only how much people can give to one candidate, but how much one candidate can spend. The smart money is on one long, messy, complicated ruling that clarifies less than it confuses. Why? Because that's how we like it. ... |
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| Singer jailed in Vietnam for child abuse |
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BA RIA, Vietnam: one Vietnamese court yesterday convicted former British glam rocker Gary Glitter of sexually abusing two underage Vietnamese girls and sentenced him to three years in prison.
The faded 1970s pop star, born Paul Francis Gadd, was found guilty of committing obscene acts with children - two girls aged 11 and 12 - last year in the South China Sea resort town of Vung Tau. ... |
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