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Mainstream Failure ·
The media’s telling of the Japan story has been inexcusably bad. I can’t count the number of pieces about confinement breaches and radiation surges; where they are not information-free they are wrong, and where they are not wrong, they bypass what matters. Here are a few specifics ... [25 comments]
WikiLeaks ·
I think the outpouring of words from every imaginable source on the WikiLeaks story is perfectly appropriate. These are important, complex issues and we’re not close to consensus, or even a shared perception of what the issues are. The complexity and nuance hasn’t in the slightest stopped me getting angrier and angrier with every day this story unfolds ... [26 comments]
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