Also, the LA Times is offering a free week (requiring registration).
The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election
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#12Devil's advocate: reporting on the polling numbers as they come in can cloud the decisions people make at the polls, and the entire process of trying to determine who's winning serves no useful purpose in daily life other than as pure subjective entertainment.
Normally I would say we should all just use online voting (edit: online registration & mailed voting) the way 3 states (Washington, Oregon, and Nevada) currently do. They provide real-time statistics on their voting results via their website. But at the same time there's those risks of security holes. For example, I took 30 seconds to look at Washington's voter registration website, and found this via Google: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ues5ma... This makes it appear as though some admin functions may have been accessible publicly in the past.
It is nice to get a look at their content management, though (http://weihelp.sos.wa.gov/help/support/_layouts/viewlsts.asp...) as we can see some of the behind the scenes operation like ticketing, bug reports, content, and other features and documentation. So from an "open & transparent government" aspect it's nice, but probably needs to be balanced more against how much information or access is given.
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#13Another discussion I'd like to see come out of this election: the idea of information as a public good. http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/japan/japan.h... Neither the advertising nor the paywall/subscription models are serving to either provide the public with information, or to foster quality and relevant information. Both are in fact the problem. Addressing an open-access model, with a tax-based compen…
Yes. And tax advertising (or even all forms of communication, as there is 90% overlap) to pay for that.
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#14Great move by NYT. Smart and generous.
How is that generous when it is very convenient and opportunistic for NYTimes propaganda efforts for their candidate?
"propaganda efforts for their candidate"
This is your 2nd time posting the same comment?
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#15As is the Washington Post http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/the-washington-post-is-taki...
Just an additional reminder that Amazon Prime members can get six months of Wapo Digital for free.
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#16I lost all trust in the NYT after Wikileaks revealed how they sabotaged Bernie Sanders and acted as a PR agency for the Clinton campaign.
http://observer.com/2016/10/wikileaks-new-york-times-propped...
https://medium.com/@Starkweather/new-york-times-edited-berni...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sand...
Re: The New York Times to Offer Open Access on Web and Apps for the Election
#17Another discussion I'd like to see come out of this election: the idea of information as a public good. http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~hal/Papers/japan/japan.h... Neither the advertising nor the paywall/subscription models are serving to either provide the public with information, or to foster quality and relevant information. Both are in fact the problem. Addressing an open-access model, with a tax-based compen…
How is this not a suggestion that we nationalize the media?
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#18Devil's advocate: reporting on the polling numbers as they come in can cloud the decisions people make at the polls, and the entire process of trying to determine who's winning serves no useful purpose in daily life other than as pure subjective entertainment. Normally I would say we should all just use online voting ( edit: online registration & mailed voting ) the way 3 states (Washington, Oregon, and Nevada) curre…
Washington uses 100% paper mail in ballots, not online voting.
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#19I feel that NYTimes is the only news organization that has been able to transition to the Digital Era. Does anyone else know of any other old-school news organization that nicely transitioned to the Digital Era?
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#20I feel that NYTimes is the only news organization that has been able to transition to the Digital Era. Does anyone else know of any other old-school news organization that nicely transitioned to the Digital Era?
Financial Times - http://ft.com