Scripting News: Thursday, August 29, 2024

Thursday, August 29, 2024
In elections we get to say who we are, ie who comes closest to who we are. It's all made of imagery. Bernie Sanders is someone you either love or don't. He reminds me of people in my own family, who I would never want to be president of anything. But this ad, the best ever imho, says wait a minute, please reconsider. A campaign is a series of messages from candidate to electorate: "Is this who we are?" The great ads tap our optimism, imho. The Sanders ad says we're nice happy people who have jobs and help each other.#
News on the web still sucks#
I can't read most of the stories I want to read. I have the money and am willing to spend it. But there is no system that allows me to pay. #
On the other hand the distribution of video entertainment is somewhat functional, I spend an ungodly amount of mostly wasted money to get access to that. #
I am not cheap. The news system realllly doesn't work. It could be fixed, but for the usual problem -- they would have to work with each other. #
If you think the NYT is a huge success, compare its size to the size of Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon or Apple, all of whom have made great businesses out of distributing other people's products. #
Market caps for Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and NYT.#
We were getting somewhere with RSS, btw -- but the journalism industry lost its minds over Twitter, and let the tech industry own the distribution system, and now it's a total mess, a good time for a re-think, I think. #
I generated graph in ChatGPT by just asking for it. It has great chart software built-in. Quietly they are rearranging all the pieces of software we use. They will end up owning everything, and meanwhile people are asking if this is a bubble. Not really. More like an invasion. #

Linkblog items for the day.

How the NY Times came to support RSS. scripting.com
Steve Silberman, Grateful Dead and autism writer, dies at 66. sfstandard.com
Trump Threatens to Jail Mark Zuckerberg for Life Over Election: Book. rollingstone.com
Obama roasted Trump in 2011. youtube.com
America's political news media reaches new lows in the 2024 election cycle. inquirer.com
Arlington National Cemetery meant to be 'neutral zone,' says military chaplain. npr.org
Why, after 30 years, is there still no distribution system for news on the web? scripting.com
Laughing at Trump. theatlantic.com
How it all went wrong for tourism. cnn.com
The joy comes from finally being rid of the threat of Trump. bsky.app
New York mayor Eric Adams personally destroys 4 tons of illegal pot products seized by the city. youtube.com
Mathew Ingram is leaving CJR. This is his last piece. cjr.org
Local news covers a lot of crime, yet people can't find the crime news they need. poynter.org
Trump's Arlington Cemetery Campaign Event. talkingpointsmemo.com
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