It's all in the second paragraph... the "disrespect" thing. Most of this flows from his profound disappointment that he's not hailed as a genius, a modern day Ansel Adams, for having owned the technology used here.
Mr. Kosner was must have cut those "History of Journalism 101" lectures
Hard to imagine someone can make that print/web argument if they've EVER been exposed to Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst, the emperors of "yellow journalism". Complaints of Internet superficiality, flash-and-trash, shallow reporting, clickbait... they're all mirrored precisely in those early, populist, "penny press" newspapers. This was not an Internet invention.
The sweetest irony? That those who tout their formal, traditional journalism educational credentials could forget their own profession's earliest history... and its darkest moments.
An local politician reports that terrorists will travel freely and wantonly across the face of Italy if Italian automakers ever learn how to build electrical systems that don't crap out twice a week.
The ultimate irony is that retransmission is a dead issue, in the most-deadest division of the content delivery universe. The ability to retransmit local OTA television is valued by fewer and fewer people every month, even while retransmission fees become an increasingly greater proportion of network revenue -- witness Les Moonves' public shit-fit over Aereo for no other reason than lost retransmission fees. So... take your weakest, most trivial, soon-to-be-dead issue, and wave it in the public eye... brilliant.
I know a guy who was forced to lie to the court, saying he didn't rob that bank... all because of a stupid statute which says you can't rob banks. Totally sympathize with Holder.
I've heard this repeated for at least twenty years... that it doesn't matter an awful lot who gets elected, since policy is effectively shaped by tens of thousands of mid-level bureaucrats, and they pretty much don't care who got elected, what party and what their campaign promises were. I haven't seen it disproved yet... bad news for progress, but good news in the sense that dimwitted partisans can't get much done to advance their agendas either.
I wish I could take heart from a ruling like this. But it mostly serves to point out the schizoid break between rational, well-thought-out logic like this opinion -- the world we were told to expect, as idealistic youth -- and the harsh reality of a world where monied interests can effortlessly enact self-serving laws like those that will surely come in response to this ruling. Lobbyists and SuperPacs fill the roles vacated by spats-wearing robber barons and carpetbaggers in a previous century; what will it take for the wheel to spin 'round yet again?
"For the last 30+ years, the United States has been in a "state of emergency."
That explains it -- that's why, for at least the last ten years, CNN, Fox News and the rest have reported a 24/7, non-stop stream of "BREAKING NEWS"... the only kind of news, apparently. It ain't news if it ain't breakin'.
On the post: DOJ Leans On Old Laws And Even Older Cases To Argue Against Privacy Expectations In Cell Site Location Data
Not so fast
Maybe not, but it doesn't make it freely available without a warrant. Ever hear of HIPAA?
On the post: Washington Post Shrugs Off Torture Because, You Know, It Polls Well
"Unhappy reality"
WaPo presents poll results suggesting that print news organizations lose any shred of relevance by failing to provide context for ill-conceived polls.
Only problem: Nobody reads the story
On the post: Surprise: Spanish Newspapers Beg Government And EU To Stop Google News Shutting Down
Say what?
Love that part. Protect how? By compelling Google not to withdraw?
On the post: Monkey Selfie Back In The News: Photographer Threatens Copyright Experts With His Confused Understanding Of Copyright
Skip the high-level debate
On the post: WSJ Writer: All The Failings Of Print Journalism Are The Fault Of The Internet
Mr. Kosner was must have cut those "History of Journalism 101" lectures
The sweetest irony? That those who tout their formal, traditional journalism educational credentials could forget their own profession's earliest history... and its darkest moments.
On the post: Crazy Public Domain Monkey Selfie Trademark Filing Gets Crazier: Filed By Someone Pretending To Be Haim Saban
Are we entirely surprised?
"I've emailed the Hotmail address..."
and
"... have not heard back."
Because all the IP greats trust their legal filings to Hotmail.
On the post: Consumer Organizations And Internet Companies Mount Legal Challenge To Italy's Extreme Copyright Enforcement Regulations
Re: albüm dinle
On the post: UK's Home Secretary Says Terrorists Will Be The Real Winners If Country's Cell Coverage Dead Zones Are Fixed
Meanwhile, in Italy
On the post: London's Third Wall And Surveillance Function Creep
Re:
On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules
Re: Let's not dismiss Ted Cruz so quickly...
On the post: Russia Dismantles Steve Jobs Memorial, Fearing That Tim Cook's Homosexuality Might Be Contagious
On the post: Attention Kim Kardashian: You Can't Sue Another Woman For Having A Big Ass And An Instagram Account
Sing along
"It's my
big
butt
and I cannot lie
That
interloper
must comply."
On the post: Pianist Dejan Lazic Defends His Takedown Request By Pointing Out That The WaPo Reviewer Is Really Mean
Wonderful that he can summarize his position so succinctly... just in case you were wondering, "Why did he make that crazy request, anyway?"
On the post: Broadcasters And Cable Companies Trying Harder Than Ever To Annoy Paying Customers With Ugly Public Contract Disputes
On the post: A Dystopian Future Of Ads That Won't Stop Until You Say 'McDonald's' Could Be Avoided With More Transparency
That figure
On the post: Eric Holder Says He Regrets Lying To A Judge And Saying A Reporter Was A 'Co-Conspirator' But The Law Made Him Do It
Hey... it happens
On the post: FTC Fines Online Dating Site For Using 'Fake, Computer-Generated Profiles' To Lure Guys Into Buying Premium Memberships
...inflaming the passions of Virtual Stupids.
On the post: You Can't Vote Out National Security Bureaucrats: And They, Not Elected Officials, Really Run The Show
Status quo rules
On the post: EU Court Of Justice Says Embedding Is Not Infringing: Could Mean Streaming Sites Are Legal
Hip, hip... nevermind
On the post: America, The Defensive: Wars, Terrorism And Thirty Years Of Perpetual 'States Of Emergencies'
Now I get it
That explains it -- that's why, for at least the last ten years, CNN, Fox News and the rest have reported a 24/7, non-stop stream of "BREAKING NEWS"... the only kind of news, apparently. It ain't news if it ain't breakin'.
Because emergency.
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