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The TSA strikes back against Sippy Cup Mom

June 16, 2007

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Never mind the Transportation Security Administration’s stellar reputation. And the free love its agents get from every other passenger traveling through its security checkpoints. Today the TSA posted on its Web site two videos and an incident report to refute allegations that it was harassing a passenger at Reagan National Airport. The video shows an [...]

The power of allegations

June 7, 2007

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It’s an elixir of journalism that is being used more and more to sell newspapers and newspaper ads online. The Fourth Estate’s First Amendment rights in practice guarantee that essentially anything can be said about anybody if attached to one magic word: allege. He said, she said. Truth and facts be damned. Public pissing matches [...]

Google, Street View and privacy

June 5, 2007

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Over at Freakonomics there’s an informative Q&A with Google’s Stephan Chau, project manager for Google Maps, regarding the search engine/company’s new Street View feature.