"In the 21st century, can facts matter?" Good question from Mitch Kapor, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, at a UC Berkeley forum last weekend. "How do we make facts matter?
Vince Beiser | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles
Real reporting meets "Reefer Madness" in LA Weekly's cover story on "LA's Medical Weed War." The piece is a rare hybrid: part careful, thorough reporting, part hysterical, unproven allegations.
Jim Selman | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living
I imagine that Tiger Woods wishes his father were still alive and that he could bow his head and beg forgiveness from the one person who knew him best before he was a legend.
Matt Osborne | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media
Don't tell me that nontroversy doesn't matter. With nearly as many Americans approving of Palin as Obama, nontroversy really, really matters.
Don McNay | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business
America ships soldiers off to Afghanistan and Iraq for free. If you come back in a body bag, they ship that back for free, too. However, we make families who send soldiers socks, food and underwear pay shipping costs.
Josh Shahryar | Posted 12.06.2009 | World
As Iranians prepare for protests, the Iranian government has tried to halt the flow of news out of the country. What they can't do, however, is stop thousands supporters from spreading the news via Twitter, Facebook, blogs, MySpace and YouTube.
Tony Shawcross | Posted 12.07.2009 | Denver
Tonight we're celebrating the 3-year anniversary of Denver Open Media with a multimedia event broadcast live on KGNU radio, online at denveropenmedia....
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 12.04.2009 | Media
David Brooks perfectly describes the Washingtonian culture that disguises itself in "pragmatism." He calls this, "The Analytic Mode," but it could also be titled, "See Spot Learn To Love The Lie."
Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.07.2009 | Media
A new survey reports that 1/3 of teens have engaged in the new form of sexual communication known as 'sexting.' While many are sending risque text...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living
I'm a huge fan of Twitter, and last night I was trying to persuade some friends, and later my sister, to give it a try. I think there are many ways in which Twitter can boost your happiness.
Rachel Simmons | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment
Sitting in a sea of girls twittering and swooning at the phenomenal acting skills of Taylor Lautner's torso, I began to wonder how we could talk to girls about this film.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.02.2009 | Comedy
Media critics are expressing concern that the focus on Afghanistan could distract the media from getting to the bottom of the Tiger Woods story.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media
Security and press freedom can coexist, with the free flow of information recognized as the best weapon against terrorism, international media experts argued in a final declaration published this week.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
Dubai World's request for a debt "standstill" should not be seen as a shock. In fact, it is surprising that it took so long for it to happen.
Rich Nadworny | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media
Unless we are all willing to settle for user generated content of various and dubious quality, how will we get that great content we've grown used to?
David Kronke | Posted 12.01.2009 | Comedy
In the past decade, NBC has transformed from industry leader to laughingstock. Coincidentally, the US has followed a similar course. Has NBC informed governmental policy?
Joel Arquillos | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact
When a student like Cesar Guajardo takes the initiative to write about something he feels very passionate about, 826LA is there to help him develop his ability to express his ideas clearly and confidently.
Tracy L. Barnett | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
Getting a Cuban journalist's visa is a great deal more complicated than I had been led to believe. It was a costly, embarrassing and extremely painful lesson, but here's what I learned.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living
What happened to the Obama we saw in the run-up to the election? Where is that eloquent and passionate man now? He is deeply thoughtful and reflective, but his actions do not always reflect his words.
Danny Groner | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media
If the Salahis were so methodical with their plan to get cameras into the White House dinner, how could they put their trust in this publicist and lawyer?
Taylor Marsh | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media
Here's some advice: skip Newsweek's next issue. Read this instead. It's about Afghanistan and Tora Bora, one of the biggest mistakes of the Bush-Cheney era, which Meacham ignores in cherry picking his case for Cheney.
Posted 11.25.2009 | Media
As the first decade of the 21st Century draws to a close, Time has taken a look back and concluded that it is the "worst decade ever": Bookended by 9...
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
At the moment, Palin is touring the country to promote her book, which has a very large number of words in it, but not all of them are necessarily either true or kind.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.24.2009 | World
Twelve journalists in the southern Philippines have been slaughtered, in what will surely be remembered as the worst single day in the history of journalism.
Posted 11.23.2009 | Media
Los Angeles Times staffers have been warned: the Twitterverse isn't safe. Editor Russ Stanton and assistant managing editor Henry Fuhrmann have issued...
Phil Bronstein | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media