links for 2007-05-19

Saturday, 19 May 2007, 12:19

• 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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