Tägliche Spinnereien

Beim Spindoktor gibts eine neue Rubrik (aus aktueller Zeitnot heraus geboren): Eine reine Linkübersicht zu Blog-relevanten Artikel (die Überschrift garantiert aber nicht, dass diese Postingsorte nun täglich erscheint ;-)

Alles neu im Irak, alles besser? "Information Operation", Wendepunkte-Design und "Mixed Reality" in Telepolis

"American Hostage in Iraq, on Video, Urges U.S. Withdrawal" in der New York Times.

"3 men indicted on terror charges. An alleged al-Qaeda operative who authorities say scouted potential terrorism targets in the USA has been charged with plotting with two other men to bomb five financial buildings in New York City, New Jersey and Washington, according to a federal indictment made public Tuesday" in USA Today

"Former Colleague Says Bolton Abused Power at State Dept. Bush's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations is described as a "bully" who abused his authority, intimidated intelligence analysts and damaged the integrity of the agency", Washington Post

Negroponte Stresses 'Mandate' for Change. President Bush's choice to be the nation's first director of national intelligence promised yesterday that he would challenge, if only in private, political leaders who mischaracterized intelligence in public statements and said he is determined to use his new authority to make the 15 intelligence agencies cooperate fully with one another, Washington Post

Investigative Journalism Proves Life-Threatening in Mexico. An editor is killed and a reporter is kidnapped and feared dead. A third victim is shot nine times, LA Times

Man's Claims May Be a Look at Dark Side of War on Terror. Khaled el-Masri says his strange and violent trip into the void began with a bus ride on New Year's Eve 2003, LA Times

Münteferings Wohlfühl-Rhetorik
. Der SPD-Parteivorsitzende Franz Müntefering wettert mit Klassenkampf-Rhetorik gegen die Gefahren eines globalen Kapitalismus. Ein zweifelhafter Ansatz: Die kämpferischen Worte sollen den verunsicherten Genossen neuen Halt geben, doch die Zukunft werden sie nicht aufhalten können, Spiegel Online

EDELMAN, INTELLISEEK CO-PUBLISH FIRST-OF-A-KIND REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF BLOGS. Trust Media? Ranks Influential Bloggers, Helps PR Professionals Navigate Blogs Intelligently, Pressemitteilung Edelman