Month: September 2001

Traffic to this site has more than quadrupled since yesterday morning, and I suspect that this is part of a larger trend of folks looking to the independent web for alternative information, thoughts and viewpoints on the attacks in NYC and DC yesterday. As has been widely noted, during the hours immediately following the plane…

I want to say thanks to Ev of Blogger who responded to my e-mail that I sent about my concern over the search terms being used to help bloggers find other blogs covering the sad acts of terror this morning (see last entry). He noted that he does not have time to change the search…

I’m a little disturbed that the “custom search page” at Blogger intended to help people find weblogs that are reporting on the tragedies this morning in NY and DC are using only the search terms “terrorist” and “World Trade” as the heuristic. I don’t mean to jump all over Ev, the guy who is doing…

Wired News also reports on the surge of non-traditional news sites rising to the occasion in the aftermath of this disaster.

Here’s a link to amateur photos of the Pentagon when the plane hit it this morning.

boingboing remarks about how weblogs and other indy sites are filling in the gaps left by the completely overwhelmed corporate media sites. If you can see it, you can tell it.

There is no way I cannot say something about the horrific events that happened this morning in New York City and Washington DC. When I first heard the news on the radio this morning as the local announcer broke into NPR news I thought maybe I’d dreamed it–unfortunately I didn’t. Aside from my concern and…

More regulatory fun: The Washington Post reports that “New FCC Members Send Clear Signal On Indecency.” And that signal is “clean up your act and document it.” The two commissioners, one Republican and one Dem, are advising the radio industry to keep recordings or transcripts on air personalities about whom they receive listener complaints–ostensibly so…

One Cagey Cat: WSJ Interviews FCC Chair Michael Powell Like many crafty politicians, Michael Powell seems to be hard to pin down at times. This interview from today’s Wall Street Journal does nothing to clarify. Some choice quotes: “I take the view that the public interest infects everything I do. Every decision I make, I…

The FCC On the Prowl Again in Central Illinois: Decatur Free Radio Station Visited This is message from Prof. Mike Townsend, of University of Illinois-Springfield, who is a strong advocate of Mbanna Kantako’s Human Rights Radio in Springfield, IL, as well as an advocate of free radio altogether. It was originally posted to the pirate/free…