Doing the math in my head, this means they are a day later than the news in the papers. And their targets would have been cutting edge, say, a decade ago, but ragging on the Times now? They need to check on the petard joke, speaking of aged comedy.

http://www.michaeltotten.com

Find one thing on the Daily Show that happened today. The Daily Show needs to take some of its own medicine — its getting a bit tired (I think — maybe it’s me).

If you watch this video with the sound off, the Times still comes across as a bit defensive, closed, holdouts, “the last ship afloat.” If you were a venture capitalist with your money in the Times, this video would be a clear indication there needed to be a massive change in management — these folks are out of touch with economics, let alone the news business.

Names please. After all, you asked for names of bloggers who spent more than eight hours doing research and we came up with eight without really trying. (And yes, we could come up with many, many more.)

Speaking of which, shouldn’t you have acknowledged that your implied “only journalists take the time” argument fell flat?

As a journalist, you’re always on call. Back in the days of beepers, every reporter had one and a fresh supply of batteries. Most also had police scanners at home. The idea that you throw your coat over your shoulder at sundown and tip back a few brews at the corner hangout while the press burps first editions into the street, as far as I know, is kind of a holdover from a more romantic time. I understand that’s what they did in “Zodiac” and in a lot of colorful Mike Royko columns, but I don’t think it’s standard across the board.

Not that it hurts to be that way, but it’s not a necessity like “breaking news” has become…

With a Kindle-like device one could get an electronic version of a newspaper each morning that “closed” only a few minutes before it was distributed.

This would require that the staff work at night instead of handing in their copy and repairing to their favorite watering hole when the sun goes down. In fact if the US media wasn’t so parochial they could present current news from the parts of the world that are awake when it is night here.

The BBC Worldservice updates its stories throughout the day and night and it common to hear a live interview with someone in the mideast or Africa at 2AM EST.

Perhaps the morning edition of a paper like the Times should be prepared in a place where it is the middle of the workday. With electronic distribution the physical location is of no importance.

Then the US operation could prepare an afternoon edition focused on domestic news of the day. The afternoon papers used to have a wide circulation until TV and driving oneself to work killed them off. Why not again, electronically. The evening network news is not only old, but brief and superficial. There is an opportunity there for some competition.

TaoSecurity – Digital Security

Technology Review – scientists post early versions of their latest ideas

Catching the Light – Astrophotography News and Notes

The Open Source Fusor Research Consortium II

http://volokh.com/ (legal issues)

http://armsandthelaw.com/ (2nd amendment, wrote one of the amici in Heller)

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/ (economist)

Lots of bloggers are domain experts – research is what they do. Do you really think that a journalist can compete?