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A PR agent from Burson-Marsteller reached out to a tech blogger named Christopher Soghoian and asked him to write a critical op-ed about a Google product. Recounting the story Soghoian says Burson-Marsteller offered to “draft” the op-ed for Soghoian and get it published in a “top-tier” outlet like the Washington Post, Politico, the Hill, Roll Call,
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
In an era when everything can be surveiled, all we have left is politeness.
Neal Stephenson • The Diamond Age (Bantam Spectra Book)
Kyle Chayka • Why I Finally Quit Spotify | the New Yorker
My Mommies and Me
Searching for the soul of America in Mormon mommy blogger Instagram
Alexandra Tanner
MY MOMMIES have been quiet all week, which is not how I like them. Lolo and her littles Sav and Hunty have taken one of their Silkie chickens to the vet for a broken leg. Jess and her husband Colton are still—still!—waiting for Brynnleigh at 40 weeks
... See morethe web, of course) a study conducted by some very clever researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Martin Gurri • Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
Antonio Garcia Martinez • The right to never be forgotten
Cramer, like most television and many print reporters, gives an uncritical forum to the powerful. At the same time, they pretend they have vetted and investigated the claims made by those in power. They play the role on television of journalists. It is a dirty quid pro quo. The media get access to the elite as long as the media faithfully report wh
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
