links for 2008-05-19

"Some of you may wonder why I’m calling out a company that I’ve invested in so harshly.". Erm, hang on, the other day weren't you 'calling out' people for saying your conflicts of interests compromised the editorial impartiality of the site Mr A?

"When you have an open platform, whether it's My Telegraph, CiF, or the internet itself, you have to accept that a multiplicity of views will be expressed on it and that some of those will be unpalatable to some people". Shane is on the money as ever.

"I've been thinking quite a bit about how people use social media, and how the way they use it defines their understanding of it recently". Kristine pulls together some quotes suggesting 'sit-back media' are the blip, not the norm for society.

From the comments: "The Internet is doing nothing to Journalism but forcing REAL JOURNALIST to do their work better than they have in the past."

"Roughly one-fifth of all U.S. households are disconnected from the Internet and have never used e-mail, according to research firm Parks Associates". Another useful stat to remember about "the people who don't".

"Also released that day was a Board of Inquiry into a Hercules crash in Iraq in 2007...the loss of an aircraft will cost over £30m to replace. Unless you know what a Board of Inquiry is, you might miss it. The site is effectively buried online."