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The homepage on my web browser is Yahoo, which I'm told it shouldn't be, but I've just been too lazy to change it. From time to time I'll read some of the comments under stories on it to get a sense of what it must be like at a Klan meeting.

- Aaron Sorkin explains what he reads, news-wise, and why.

The line about comment forums caught my eye, but there are also some interesting--though not altogether original--thoughts on why we need "the media elite" as much as ever in the age of "citizen journalists."

(via Geoff)

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Hoping this is the last update I have to make about that friggin' quote. But at least now we have an explanation.

So. Don't rejoice too much in the death of anybody, because it suggests hate, and that's bad. Also, don't repeat a quote and attribute it to somebody unless you can independently verify, with little or no doubt, that it's actually what that person said. Ok? Ok. Mass Communication Ethics is adjourned. Now go out and enjoy this lovely day.

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Read the quote, had my doubts, tried to verify it but couldn't, reblogged it anyway. Promptly found the above article on Facebook.

Apparently the first part of the quote--the part about "mourning the loss of thousands"--cannot be attributed to King, however the "returning hate for hate" part can.

Leaving it there for accountability and posterity.

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A follow-up to my Tuesday post on why you might be asking for a copyright lawsuit. It's readable and in-depth. I highly recommend it.

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Meagan and I livetext the SOTU

Patrick: Fucking "win the future" ... we're already fighting a "war on terror." Can't we take on a proper noun? Seems more winnable to me when we do...

Meagan: Yeah. I'm less than motivated to win the future. Too much America.

Patrick: BRING ON THE TRAINS!

Meagan: Not in Wisconsin!!! Also, he just said Iowa doesn't have the Internet.

Patrick: LOL. I heard that.

Meagan: Every time he says jobs, I say jobs out loud. It's my version of a drinking game.

Patrick: Hopefully you say it like Tom Emmer. "Jyyawbs."

Meagan: Exactly ;-)