For the past week or so, I've been getting a series of Pingbacks from a spam blog that reposts a blog post a couple times a day as a new post each time. It's up to about 220 copies of the post, each one having sent me a Pingback, and each one showing up in my reader as a notification, which also cau...
Month: January 2019
Indie Digital Media by Richard MacManus
For creators & fans of independent digital media
Seeing this also reminds me to finish compiling a list I had started based on one of our conversations about topic-specific indie blogs.
📖 Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer demand equal airtime to respond to Trump’s address | CNN
The major television networks said that they will provide wall-to-wall coverage of President Donald Trump's prime time address on border security on Tuesday.
I’ll boycott any network that doesn’t have the text in advance with fact checking and ample time for rebuttal after.
👓 Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer demand equal airtime to respond to Trump’s address | CNN
The major television networks said that they will provide wall-to-wall coverage of President Donald Trump's prime time address on border security on Tuesday.
I’m very seriously considering any major network that airs this without obtaining the text of the speech in advance and without serious fact checking and without additional rebuttal time for the opposition party in advance.
There is absolutely no credible threat of anything at the border and this play is pure politics. If there were a credible threat, then there should be someone from the Pentagon giving the briefing and it should happen immediately and not tomorrow.
📺 “Kids Baking Championship” Bakin’ with Bacon | Food Network
With Duff Goldman, Valerie Bertinelli, Jenna Alnatur, Gavin Crawford.
🎧 “The Daily”: What the West Got Wrong About China, Part 2 | New York Times
The U.S. misunderstood not only how China would respond to economic growth, but how the U.S. would respond to China.
🎧 “The Daily”: What the West Got Wrong About China, Part 1 | New York Times
Many in the United States believed that capitalism would never work without political freedom. Then China began to rise.
Sadly, China may be taking advantage of their mixed economy, but they don’t seem to have the level of freedom we’ve got.
🎧 “The Daily”: Lost in the Storm, Part 2 | New York Times
As a family struggled to get help during Hurricane Harvey, gaps in the rescue system began to show.
🎧 “The Daily”: Lost in the Storm, Part 1 | New York Times
Houston’s emergency response systems, crippled by Hurricane Harvey, failed to reach people who needed help the most.
🎧 “The Daily”: The Spy Who Provoked Putin | New York Times
Two intelligence officers were men of the same age and training. After the Soviet Union collapsed, one rose — and one fell.
🎧 “The Daily”: Bob Woodward on Trump, Nixon and Anonymity | New York Times
The reporter sat down with “The Daily” to talk about what it took to get access to the White House and why he called his new book “Fear.”
🎧 “The Daily”: The Kavanaugh Documents | New York Times
Previously secret emails involving President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee have come to light at the peak of a bitter confirmation battle.
🎧 “The Daily”: The Legacy of George Bush | New York Times
The 41st president took the helm during a moment of seismic change on the international stage and in the political order at home.