My View Of Social Media Is That

You Don't Want To Go Around Willy-nilly Suing News Organizations. That's Probably Self-defeating.

The Queen Of Aggregation Is, Of Course, Arianna Huffington, Who Has Discovered That If You Take Celebrity Gossip, Adorable Kitten Videos, Posts From Unpaid Bloggers And News Reports From Other Publications, Array Them On Your Website And Add A Left-wing Soundtrack, Millions Of People Will Come.

Julian Assange, The Wikileaks Founder, Has On Several Occasions Talked About Transparency As An Absolute Principle. I Don't Personally Believe That.

One Of The Most Important Disciplines In Journalism Is To Challenge Your Working Premises.

Maybe We're All A Little Too Desperate These Days For A Simple Formula To Explain How Our Safe World Came Unhinged. That, As Much As Anything, May Explain One Of The More Enduring Conspiracy Theories Of The Moment, The Notion That We Are About To Send A Quarter Of A Million American Soldiers To War For The Sake Of Israel.