Posts tagged media

I’m sorry, I’m reposting this because I don’t understand how it hasn’t gone viral. “Catnip - how does that help?” “Catnip makes them high - it’s Cat Pot.”

fuckyeahquebec:

My friend Charlemagne explains “cat pot” to Global Montreal (and also gives some neat haircare tips.

Stay Classy Huffington Post… Translation: “IGLOO! IGLOO! (First Nations Member of Parliament) Romeo Saganash expelled from a flight to the Canadian Far North … Because he was drunk!”

Stay Classy Huffington Post…

Translation: “IGLOO! IGLOO! (First Nations Member of Parliament) Romeo Saganash expelled from a flight to the Canadian Far North … Because he was drunk!”

Marketing, as it happens… I prefer my science writing, but this is almost like theatre to me.

Marketing, as it happens… I prefer my science writing, but this is almost like theatre to me.

Wire photo of the day: Novak Djokovic by Ryan Pierse-Pool of Getty Images.

Wire photo of the day: Novak Djokovic by Ryan Pierse-Pool of Getty Images.

Media relations 101…

Media relations 101…

shortformblog: Headline of the day: From Sunday’s Waterbury, Conn. Republican-American. (h/t Matt DeRienzo)

shortformblog:

Headline of the day: From Sunday’s Waterbury, Conn. Republican-American. (h/t Matt DeRienzo)

Good news is on the way!

People often complain that there’s nothing but bad news in the newspapers, but the good news is that there’s more good news coming your way… via Twitter! The Wall Street Journal reports:

Scanning 580 million tweets over eight months, Stanford University researchers discovered that Twitter topics seemed to rise and fall in six distinctive patterns that could help to predict their popularity. At Cornell University, network analysts discovered that bad news appeared to fade fastest, weighed down by words with negative connotations. Good news more often floated to the top, buoyed in part by words with positive associations.


Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576598942105167646.html#ixzz1ZwPRVIdO

Well, presuming all that is correct, I guess we’re just going to have to wait and find out why she was arrested then, won’t we :) By the way, Canada’s Globe and Mail wrote an excellent piece on journalism, freelancers and the application of the law in protest situations following the G20 in Toronto. If you’re interested, you can find it here (unfortunately the paper’s own website has blocked it behind a archive paywall.) inothernews: royalcanadianmingling: We are all equal before the law: a press card (presuming she even has one) and the occasional one-off assignment from the NY Times don’t mean you get to do what you want. It would be a strange and scary world if they did. shortformblog: inothernews: So, not only do high-ranking members of the New York City Police Department mace innocent protestors, they also arrest New York Times journalists doing their jobs. Does that idiot mayor Michael Bloomberg realize that he and the NYPD are just agitating the protestors more? Pretty much. Don’t arrest journalists. It’s bad for everyone involved. The New York Times will not classify someone who is not on assignment for them as a “freelancer.”  She was on assignment. And a New York City press card — or a “press pass,” as it’s also known as in NYC — entitles the bearer certain rights above and beyond those of a civilian, including the right to photograph or otherwise report on events taking place at locations under NYPD jurisdiction, such as crime scenes, parades, and protests. The same likely applies in other municipalities in countries where there is freedom of the press.  You know who should know that?  Michael fucking Bloomberg, whose namesake company is itself a media company that covers, among other places, New York City.

Well, presuming all that is correct, I guess we’re just going to have to wait and find out why she was arrested then, won’t we :)

By the way, Canada’s Globe and Mail wrote an excellent piece on journalism, freelancers and the application of the law in protest situations following the G20 in Toronto. If you’re interested, you can find it here (unfortunately the paper’s own website has blocked it behind a archive paywall.)

inothernews:

royalcanadianmingling:

We are all equal before the law: a press card (presuming she even has one) and the occasional one-off assignment from the NY Times don’t mean you get to do what you want. It would be a strange and scary world if they did.

shortformblog:

inothernews:

So, not only do high-ranking members of the New York City Police Department mace innocent protestors, they also arrest New York Times journalists doing their jobs.

Does that idiot mayor Michael Bloomberg realize that he and the NYPD are just agitating the protestors more?

Pretty much. Don’t arrest journalists. It’s bad for everyone involved.

The New York Times will not classify someone who is not on assignment for them as a “freelancer.”  She was on assignment.

And a New York City press card — or a “press pass,” as it’s also known as in NYC — entitles the bearer certain rights above and beyond those of a civilian, including the right to photograph or otherwise report on events taking place at locations under NYPD jurisdiction, such as crime scenes, parades, and protests.

The same likely applies in other municipalities in countries where there is freedom of the press.  You know who should know that?  Michael fucking Bloomberg, whose namesake company is itself a media company that covers, among other places, New York City.

The New York Times

We are all equal before the law: a press card (presuming she even has one) and the occasional one-off assignment from the NY Times don’t mean you get to do what you want. It would be a strange and scary world if they did. shortformblog: inothernews: So, not only do high-ranking members of the New York City Police Department mace innocent protestors, they also arrest New York Times journalists doing their jobs. Does that idiot mayor Michael Bloomberg realize that he and the NYPD are just agitating the protestors more? Pretty much. Don’t arrest journalists. It’s bad for everyone involved.

We are all equal before the law: a press card (presuming she even has one) and the occasional one-off assignment from the NY Times don’t mean you get to do what you want. It would be a strange and scary world if they did.

shortformblog:

inothernews:

So, not only do high-ranking members of the New York City Police Department mace innocent protestors, they also arrest New York Times journalists doing their jobs.

Does that idiot mayor Michael Bloomberg realize that he and the NYPD are just agitating the protestors more?

Pretty much. Don’t arrest journalists. It’s bad for everyone involved.

The New York Times

Médias 1877 vs 2011: Spot the difference / Cherchez la différence

La Une / Front page, Courrier international, édition 21 juillet 2011.

(The cover says “What if China bought Europe? Peking is already benefiting from the Euro crisis.”)

The Serio-Comic War Map, 1877 collection de la British Library.

La BBC remarque / The BBC notes: 

Letting pictures tell a story has proven to be a very powerful weapon. Twenty five years after the Octopus Map was first published, it was used again by Japanese propagandists to win European support against Russia during the Russo-Japanese war.

La communication des histoires grâce à des images s’est démontrée très puissante comme arme. 25 ans après la publication de la Carte Pieuvre, elle a été exploitée de nouveau par les Japonais lors de la Guerre russo-japonaise afin d’inciter l’appui des européens.