Razões para os governos se afastarem do jornalismo e da definição de jornalista

The govt should stay out of journalism: Remember who the government is supposed to be serving. In this case they clearly have such a huge conflict of interest that they should be recused from playing any role in making law about who is and isn't a journalist. If given a chance they would say that anyone who leaks on a member of Congress or the executive should go to jail, unless it happens to be a member of Congress or an employee of the executive, of course.

See how crazy this gets.

It gets worse.

We have a highly dysfunctional press, exemplified by reporters who want to debate the character of the leakers, instead of exploring what was revealed by the leaks. In such a world, we should be trying to expand the realm of people empowered to inform us about what our elected representatives are doing with the power we invest in them. Keep them on their toes and looking over their shoulders. Put a little of the fear they put in us in them.

Imho if the government says who's a journalist, under penalty of law, then there will be no journalism.

Velha criança

via Portrait of the child as an old person

Burning Man by drone

via Burning Man 2013, as captured by drones

Eles andam aí: os anjos da morte nos media

O caso da McKinsey: "In 2009, McKinsey’s consultants were the angels of death in the media industry, the mere mention of the name an ominous sign that cutbacks were imminent."

Na voz de um “publisher of one of the company’s most successful magazines”: “How much they understood about our business, I cannot tell you,” the publisher says. “How the [expletive] can you coach a football team if you’ve never played football in your life? And I’m not even talking pro. I’m talking at any level. They don’t have a clue. I don’t care how many hours they spent firing people at Time Inc. or Meredith Corp. They had this stupid red/yellow/green system, which they explained to me like I was a five-year-old. I wanted to reach across the table, grab one of them and throw him across the room.”

Ou perguntar como adaptam eles aos media as "five digital-enterprise trends: big data and advanced analytics, digital engagement of customers, digital engagement of employees and external partners, automation, and digital innovation"?

Vírus informático na televisão em 1988

Pink Floyd em 1967

deste Psychedelic Scenes of Pink Floyd’s Early Days with Syd Barrett, 1967

Quatro anos em quatro minutos na ponte San Francisco-Oakland Bay

Cesto a 98 metros

via This Is Possibly The World's Highest Trick Shot

Parques de diversões abandonados

 Deste "Abandoned Amusement Parks".

Pub da boa: La Légende de Shalimar - Guerlain