Via The nation’s Facbeook users focus on Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Mary Burke @ JS All Politics Blog.
New Media
Gubernatorial race 2014, Mary Burke, New Media, Politics
Jefferson County GOP Chairman’s Facebook Racism Exposed
A former Trek Bicycle executive alleging Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke was fired from the firm has a Facebook page filled with postings that refer to President Barack Obama in crude terms, call the first lady a man and liken Obama’s “hope and change” campaign slogan to a Nazi swastika. Via Democrats pounce on Burke…
New Media, Politics, Wisconsin
Redbook, Bluebook
New Media, Police
Racist trolls infest police websites
Criminal arrest reports are often followed by snarky, insulting and downright racist comments about those who have been taken into custody. You also have cases of people making wild accusations that–because of the forum–get equal billing with the actual facts of a case. Via The New Media Problem @ My Two Cents.
Business, New Media
Middlemen move in
Via “The great promise of YouTube was its ability to cut out Hollywood-style intermediaries…” @ Althouse.
New Media
How to avoid having your nude photos hacked
Tweeted Ricky Gervais, after a big naked-celebrity security leak at iCloud. Via “Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on the computer” @ Althouse.
County, Milwaukee, New Media, Sheriff
Sheriff Clarke Bans Facebook Comment
My ban from the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page is now the third such ban handed down on me by conservative candidates for office. Dan Sebring banned me from his Facebook page several years ago after I dared question him about his views, and former Democratic State Senator Jeff Plale not only banned me…
Business, Free Speech, New Media
Hotel’s bad-review fee simply a bad idea
Via “This is what happens when you think you are more intelligent than the Internet.” @ Althouse.
New Media, Politics, Press
He’ll find a way
Via So Does Cincinnati-Based Scripps Family Need Right Wisconsin, Charlie Sykes? @ The Political Environment.
New Media, Politics
Pricey
Bucks, New Media
Reaction
Business, New Media
Bigfooting
Google must fend off websites that game its ranking system, but did Metafilter get caught in the crossfire? Sad! I don’t think there’s anything on line that I’ve been as devoted to for as long as Metafilter…. Via Did Google screw Metafilter? @ Althouse.
New Media
Splashy new ventures
New Media, WisDems, WISGOP
WISGOP & WisDems in battle of the small
New Media
Lewinsky scandal, if 2014
Via You Won’t Believe These Mockups of How Websites Today Would Have Reported the Monica Lewinsky Scandal @ Althouse.
New Media, Press
Wikipedia editor gets prominent obit
Via A long NYT obituary for someone whose accomplishment lay in the field of editing Wikipedia @ Althouse.
New Media
Drudge warns about the U.N.
Via Is Drudge amusing you or scaring you with his “UN: No One Will Be Spared”? @ Althouse.
New Media, WISGOP
WISGOP Seeks Online Dominance
To further strengthen our outreach, we’ve been training Party activists and volunteers across Wisconsin on how we can spread our message online. By visiting wisgop.org, you can sign up to receive our updates on how you can make a difference in your own circles. Via Enhancing Our Presence Online @ WISGOP.
New Media
A troll returns
Legislation, New Media
Some employers and schools are demanding passwords to social media
But Rep. Melissa Sargent (D-Madison) and Rep. Garey Bies (R-Sister Bay) are proposing a ban on those demands. Via Lawmakers taking up bill on social media privacy @ JS All Politics Blog.
New Media, Press
Althouse explains the benefits of the NYT paywall
It’s easier to link to some paywalls (NYT) over others (WashPo). Via Why I pay to get through the paywall at the NYT but not the Washington Post @ Althouse.
New Media, Politics, Polls
Silver moves on
Prognosticating blogger Nate Silver leaves NYT for ESPN. Via Nate Silver Leaves The New York Times @ CAFFEINATED POLITICS.
Federal Government, New Media, Surveillance
Drudge runs ‘The top 12 “Big Sis” banners
Sec. Napolitano may be leaving Homeland Security, but she’ll not be forgotten. [It’s hard to argue with Althouse’s pick for the best of Drudge’s banners-ed.] Via The top 12 “Big Sis” banners from Drudge @ Althouse.
Free Speech, New Media, Politics
So, whose Facebook is it, really?
Extremists fight to ban opposing points of view on Facebook. Via Via Knot Their Facebook @ Cognitive Dissidence.
New Media
Waukesha Patch tries its hand at wit
Not quite Bartlett’s, though, Via Man’s Ear Bitten Off; Mike Tyson is Not a Suspect @ Waukesha Patch.
Legislation, New Media, Press, UW Madison, WISGOP
So why did the WISGOP move to evict the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from UW-Madison?
Matthew Rothschild speculates: The Republican legislators were retaliating against the center because of a blockbuster story by Bill Lueders, its “Money and Politics” project director. Among the fantastic stories Lueders has produced was the one he broke about State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser (a former Republican Speaker of the Assembly), who tried to choke…
New Media
Some Aaron Rodgers Twitter fans upset that he tweeted spoiler for Game of Thrones
But then, if they didn’t want to hear about the show, what were they doing on Twitter afterward? Via Aaron Rodgers gets Twitter hate for Game of Thrones spoiler @ JS Packers Blog.
Legislation, New Media, Politics, Press, Radio
The Joint Finance Committee moves against the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism were bad on principle and as politics
The GOP’s budget motion was a vindictive attack on a journalistic operation on ideological grounds. Does that sound slightly familiar? At a time when conservatives should be embracing government restraint, the motion combines some of the worst aspects of the IRS and DOJ scandals – using government to punish those perceived as political enemies combined…
New Media, WisDems
WisDems Chair Mike Tate may be telling others that he’s being picked on
But if he is, then it’s because he thinks that blogger Ed Garvey’s question about how much Tate makes as WisDems chair is out-of-bounds. Garvey has a reply: No, Mike, I am not picking on you. I am just asking you to tell us how much the party will have to pay the next chair…
New Media, Packers
Packers 4th in NFL…
…for use of Facebook. Via Packers rank fourth among NFL in use of Facebook @ Journal Sentinel.
Law, New Media
A Partial Retirement
Former gubernatorial candidate and attorney Ed Garvey retires from the practice of law tomorrow. Bit he’s still much work ahead… Via Retire? @ GarveyBlog.
Business, New Media
Brookfield Patch is looking for someone to sell online ads
Someone has hopes for advertising. Via Born to Sell? Patch Wants to Talk to You @ Brookfield Patch.