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| Friday, September 17, 2004 |
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Get outa here 
| | DIYDID and DIO are my two latest posts at IT Garage. They were occassioned by the latest from Andre, Kaliya and Phil. The DIYDID piece is a forum, rather than a blog post, so participation is invited. |
So give him money
| | Russell is my primary source of wisdom and what's-coolness about all things mobile. He has terrific energy, original ideas and other fine qualities. I expect he'll go far. |
Watching the parade
| | What I find weird is just how quick the "Big Media" caved to the Free Republic and Bush Bloggers' assault, even though last I heard there has been no earthshaking evidence to support any theory about these Bush Memos. |
| | What I mean is, we're a long way off from the kind of clear "Yes These Are Forgeries" thing we got with, say, the faked Hitler Diaries. As I wrote the other day, when you're dealing with dead people and copies distributed online, it is unlikely you'll ever get a solid answer as far as document forensics. Ultimately, how people react to the Memo Story -- while ignoring the undisputed and independently proven story reinforced by those memos -- is the most telling thing about this mini-scandal. |
| | Should CBS News decide the memos aren't real and then reveal its source, there could be a Der Stern-style mea culpa. Then the story will switch to who provided these documents, and why. I am truly curious about the source of these documents, whether they're real or forged. And if they're forged, I'm even more curious. My hunch is that it was a set-up, and a very successful one. But I don't know a damned thing about it, really, and have spent a total of about 23 minutes thinking about the whole thing. |
| | I'm still wondering if any of us in the Greater Journosphere actually know enough to justify a final opinion about the facts of the matter. Or matters. |
| | Meanwhile, amidst news that hasn't crawled out of the mud, Iraq only looks worse. So does Sudan. |
Groovy
| | The latest Gillmor Gang features Groove (and before that, Notes) founder Ray Ozzie, who needs to get back to blogging (last entry was in March). But that's a quibble. Listening to Ray for most of that hour was fascinating. |
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