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New York Times
McCain and the Internets
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 8:52pmLast updated: June 25, 2008 - 7:38am
Mark Soohoo, McCain's deputy e-campaign director, drew guffaws at an Internet conference in New York when he tried to dig his candidate out of a techno black hole.
What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 7:47amLast updated: June 24, 2008 - 7:48am
Judges and jurors who must decide whether sexually explicit material is obscene are asked to use a local yardstick: does the material violate community standards? That is often a tricky question because there is no simple, concrete way to gauge a community’s tastes and values.
Cable Channels Gain on Broadcast Networks
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 7:46amPreliminary figures for advance sales indicate that the cable channels will collectively sell about $8 billion in airtime to advertisers this season, up 7 to 8 percent from last year’s total.
Technology Leaders Favor Online ID Card Over Passwords
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 24, 2008 - 7:45amMicrosoft, Google and PayPal are among the founders of an industry organization that hopes to solve the problem of password overload among computer users. The Information Card Foundation is an effort to create a single industrywide approach to managing identity online that promises to reduce drastically the use of passwords and create a system that is less vulnerable to fraud.
Reporters Say Networks Put Wars on Back Burner
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 8:15amLast updated: June 23, 2008 - 8:16am
Getting a story on the evening news isn't easy for any correspondent. And for reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is especially hard, according to Lara Logan, the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News.
Study Finds Imbalance on 3 Newspapers’ Op-Ed Pages
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 8:14amIn the great marketplace of ideas, the opinion pages of major newspapers offer nonjournalists — mainly academics — a rare chance to reach a big audience and influence public policy.
Delaying News in the Era of the Internet
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 7:59amAs long as there is news, people will try to share it. And new technology promises to turn the process into a tide that can swallow us up, good intentions and all.
The New Fight for Financial News
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 23, 2008 - 7:58amThomson Reuters is going hard after Bloomberg, which has long been the marquee name on Wall Street for financial information. The companies are in a dead heat: Thomson Reuters has 34 percent of the market for financial data and Bloomberg 33 percent.
Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 18, 2008 - 7:55amIn the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president’s powers to spy on Americans without a court order.
US Will Lag in Tech Growth, Study Says
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 18, 2008 - 7:52amWatching television, gaining access to the Internet and listening to music on mobile phones will be a viable business in the next few years, says a study by a consulting arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
