Jun 11, 2012

MMMM # 213 --- The Changing News Game




 
   
The combination of changes in technology and the Great Recession continues to change the media. Some examples:


The Washington Post published a column last week that suggested investigative journalism is falling by the wayside..that it has...

"become a burden for shrunken newspapers struggling to reinvent themselves and survive."
  ...and the paper should know,  being the outlet that exposed Watergate 40 years ago.


 
     Previous MMMM's have reported on police arresting citizens for videotaping police stops.
     Now the NYC Branch of the ACLU has come up with an Android phone app allowing you to shoot video of such stops and prevent police from erasing it by uploading it to their servers automatically. The app is free, but the developers might want to reconsider their logo, which seems to infringe on the CBS logo. Maybe they can get a lawyer's advice?


   


     A University of Alabama law professor wrote a NY Times opinion piece about efforts to control protesters at the upcoming political conventions. His report goes by the unwieldy title...

"Reclaiming the Petition Clause: Seditious Libel, ‘Offensive’ Protest, and the Right to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances."
 ...but Ronald Krotoszynski's report is a spot on telling of government efforts to block protest, as previously written about on this website..


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  1. DavidTuesday, June 12, 2012 2:51:00 PM

    It is so odd that the people who run these newspapers do not understand that good investigative reporting sells newspapers which in turn boosts circulation which should generate ad revenue.
    Newspapers that srink to 3 days a week give 4 days of ad space, which should be a boon to television stations.

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