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Facebook is ready to make money as evidenced by...its CEO wearing a tie everyday to the office.
It's in the article at the very bottom. I think it should have been the headline.
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A few days ago, The Huffington Post posted a video on its website that showed Fox News Radio host John Gibson making a racial slur about Attorney General Eric Holder.

Only one problem--the video was fake. It was created by Baltimore TV technology reporter John Sanders as a joke.  He made it clear that it wasn't real when he posted it on YouTube.

The Huffington Post says it got the video from TVNewser. TVNewser says the video "arrived in the anonymous tip box" and it had no idea that the end of the clip included the fake racial slur. This begs the question--why didn't someone watch the whole video before posting it?

Anyway, now Sanders is "no longer employed" by WBAL-TV. Gibson has had a major blow to his reputation. Regardless of whether you like either of these reporters, they are both suffering the consequences of inaccurate reporting. I'm just wondering when they're going to turn around and try to sue HuffPo or TVNewser.

I know my one voice isn't enough to change all the damage that's been done, but I thought it would be good to add to the voices of accuracy.

CBS will be airing a new show in the spring that is on tv, online and on mobile devices. I haven't seen promos or anything, but the idea sounds great. I've been wondering why people aren't doing more to merge media. I know there are some examples, but the area has so much potential...

Over 200,000 people have applied for this job in Queensland, Australia, to be the caretaker of an island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months. The website to apply keeps crashing. But as the news article points out, what a great way to attract tourists--no, you didn't get the job, but come visit!

Here are some cool ideas for tricking your brain. I like the idea that you can cause hallucinations yourself--makes me even more sceptical about charlatan "seers" and anyone who claims to have visions.
This kind of thing reminds me of Derren Brown, who is always fun for mind tricks. His usually are more on the physical side like the one that makes you think the rubber hand is your hand.

I've been thinking a lot lately about the BBC's website, bbc.co.uk, because it has one of the highest hit rates on the internet world wide. This makes sense; given the BBC is a respected news source. But it occurred to me that the BBC is respected for its broadcast media, rather than print media—there is no BBC newspaper. And rightfully so, as it is a publicly funded body.

Yet through its website, suddenly the BBC has become a source of written media. News, sports, politics—it’s all being consumed in written form. This change has been so subtle; it seems to have passed many people by unnoticed as it’s just another delivery channel for their beloved BBC. But this is a huge threat to online newspapers. These newspapers take the time to hire journalists known for their writing (or at least attempt to) and they subscribe to certain journalistic principles (well, I like to think so anyway). The BBC faces its fair share of criticism for its broadcast journalism, but I don’t know that its written journalism comes under as much scrutiny. There isn’t the same focus on the writers as there is with newspapers.

No one would ever think the BBC should be able to have a newspaper, why does no one have a problem with it having a website?

One solution would be for the BBC to move to video and audio content only. This would make sense and with connectivity improving globally, not an impossibility either.

But for now, there is no reason for the BBC to change its website, as no one seems to be challenging it.

Really dumb drug dealers. I understand that craigslist is a great way to find buyers when you're selling something. But when you're selling something illegal, e.g. drugs, surely you don't want to use a completly public channel?!?

This is one of the best ideas I've seen in a while. It gets everything right about social media and still keeps to good journalistic content.
http://spot.us/

This made me smile and needs to be shared.

In an Absolut World, Everyone Would be Welcomed Home from ImprovEverywhere on Vimeo

I feel like I'm tracking Samurai sword use in the UK now. But I couldn't make this stuff up. A shopkeeper in Bristol fought off a potential robber wielding a Samurai sword.

What have I learned from all of this? Samurai swords don't make particularly good weapons in street crime and robberies. Leave them to the movies.