I love it when nations promote themselves as a good place for honorable technologists. Which nation wants to be home to the open web?twitter.com#
My friend @jayrosen_nyu calls it the View From Nowhere. The reality that news pretends doesn't exist. Today the reality is overwhelming, because the envelope that contains the news, the companies that own journalism, are such a huge part of the story, every story. Media has become much more pervasive in the last 20 years. That's why news has drifted further into Nowhere, and it's become more of a fantasy. #
Dear US friends, if you ever shake your head and wonder what's become of our country, the answer is nothing.youtube.com#
If news is going to work it's going to have to bite the hands that feed it. It's hard to imagine that happening.#