August 2010

I’m amazed by how much more traffic we get from original reporting than aggregate reporting. I’m pleased to report that the market rewards original reporting. I didn’t necessarily think that would be true. Tucker Carlson talking about The Daily Caller. He was interviewed by Betsy Rothstein: “So What Do You Do, Tucker Carlson, Editor-in-Chief, The

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One bury brigade in particular is a conservative group that has become so organized and influential that they are able to bury over 90% of the articles by certain users and websites submitted within 1-3 hours, regardless of subject material. Literally thousands of stories have already been artificially removed from Digg due to this group.

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I caught a nice Steelhead on Lake Michigan over by Algoma, WI on Friday August 1. We chartered a boat through Kinn’s Sport Fishing. Saturday morning, we hit the water at 4am. Yeah, that’s FOUR with a 4 in the morning. Anyway, we caught 5 fish, but it wasn’t my turn to haul one in,

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This isn’t a liberal or conservative issue. Everyone has a stake in protecting the First Amendment. And it isn’t even strictly a political issue. The internet’s freedom and openness has made it a hotbed for innovations that change our lives. Al Franken, from his cnn.com op-ed post, “Net neutrality is foremost free speech issue of our time”

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