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links for 2007-05-19

May 19, 2007

  • Guaridan: MPs back ‘squalid’ curbs on FoI
    “Simon Hughes, the president of the Liberal Democrats, described today’s vote as a ‘shameful day’ for the House of Commons.” He’s right.
    (tags: foi foia parliament)
  • Iain Dale’s Diary: You Either Believe in Freedom of Information Or You Don’t
    These are the MPs who voted in favour of the Bill…
    (tags: foi foia parliament)
  • Online Media Cultist: MySpace News Brings Us Painful Screams of Silence
    “The ‘ghost town effect’ is when you head to a web community or platform of some sort and sense… that nothing is going on … New poster child for the ghost town effect: MySpace News”
    (tags: myspace myspacenews)
  • Daily Mail: MPs’ freedom of information cover-up is a dark day for democracy
    The Daily Mail has published a “roll of dishonour” of the MPs who voted for the FOI (Amendment) Bill.
    (tags: foi foia parliament)
  • Regret the Error: Ottawa Citizen photo error mistakes innocent man for convicted pedophile
    Just about the worst correction a newspaper could have to make…
    (tags: journalism corrections libel)
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Move to ‘e-paper’ not a P-I plan
    Newspaper denies reports that it is to publish on on a new colour e-paper device introduced last week.
    (tags: epaper newspapers)
  • Your Right To Know: You couldn’t make it up
    Heather Brooke writes a column for the Times about the chilliing effect of libel laws following the Mumsnet case. Times Online takes the article down following a complaint from … Gina Ford.
    (tags: libel law mumsnet timesonline times)
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Martin Stabe is a data journalist based in London. He is an head of interactive news at the Financial Times.