links for 2007-03-23

Some key links about Lord Falconer’s FOI and the press speech last night. Some interesting differences between the speech and the consultation document have been noticed already…

Indy leader: Lord Falconer’s FOI speech “demonstrates a weak understanding of the role of the free press in a democracy. … The Lord Chancellor’s argument is weak all round.”

“You know why I think it’s so successful? Not because of what it is – 140 characters, whoop-de-doo. It’s successful… because of its API.”

Heather Hopkins: “How does the profile of offline readers of newspapers compare with online readers?”

Tom Honig: “Are citizen-journalists merely going to be talking to each other? Or is this the future?”