Here’s no secret: Jason Calacanis doesn’t impress me. Sure, the dude can make money (but so could Bernie Madoff), but as far as ideas go? I’m underwhelmed, seriously and truly underwhelmed. So today, when I spotted this delicious rant of Jason’s on TechCrunch, I was quite pleased to be among the first in line to […]
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Between Media Realism and Acting
This is what is intended to be the first in a series of translated pieces by my friend Saed Karzoun, a journalist, musician, and blogger from Ramallah. Original piece in Arabic by Saed Karzoun Translated by Raghda Butros As I sit watching television, listening to the radio, reading the papers or browsing the Internet, amidst […]
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Fighting Hate…With Hate?
Re-posted from The Huffington Post: The JIDF, or Jewish Internet Defense Force, started as a collective of activists dedicated to the noble cause of combating antisemitic speech online. The group stood up against sites such as Facebook and Wikipedia in attempts to get them to remove hateful speech, and in mid-2009 achieved success in lobbying […]