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Fake news & real journalism: A conversation with Snopes editor Brook Binkowski (LPX Show)

by Brad Linder11/22/2016 Comments Off

Fake news has been in the news a lot recently. In the months leading up to the 2016 election Buzzfeed and others were pointing to the growing trend of “hyper partisan” fictional news stories spreading on social media. In the days after the election, Facebook and Google announced they’d be banning fake news sites from […]

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This is why we don’t often write about analyst statements

by Brad Linder02/03/2011 8 Comments

I’ve noticed a trend among tech journalists and bloggers over the past few years where someone will publish estimates from a trade industry analyst as if they were real figures. Want to know how many iPads Apple sold in 2010? Ask an analyst. Need to know what the return rate on the Samsung Galaxy Tab […]

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Digital audio editing on low-cost ultraportables

by Brad Linder04/30/200807/10/2015 Comments Off

When I’m not writing about tiny computers, software, personal video recorders, or the environment, I’m a radio journalist and occasional audio engineer. And every now and again, my worlds cross. A colleague recently wrote to ask for my advice on setting up a field recording kit, complete with a digital audio recorder, mic, cables, headphones, […]