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The Year the Media Died
June 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
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"Carlos Miller and his blog Photography Is Not A Crime has to be the best blog I have come across to date that documents the ongoing battle that photographers and videographers are facing in increasing numbers." Hodson Report
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"This Carlos Miller character is just a jerk, no redeeming social or personal value." Conservative Cave
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"You are a cockroach and boil on the ass of journalism in Miami and the sooner that responsible journalists in Miami disown you and repudiate your actions the better." "Hank"
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The general rule in the United States is that anyone may take photographs of whatever they want when they are in a public place or places where they have permission to take photographs. Absent a specific legal prohibition such as a statute or ordinance, you are legally entitled to take photographs. Examples of places that are traditionally considered public are streets, sidewalks, and public parks.(more).What is PINAC?
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Scott Chamness // Jun 11, 2009 at 7:34 PM
LOL, that was just awesome.
2 Duane Kerzic // Jun 11, 2009 at 9:58 PM
wonderful. worth the 10 minutes.
3 Carlos Miller // Jun 12, 2009 at 12:40 AM
It was really well done. The lyrics and the guy’s voice. Amazing.
4 Doug // Jun 12, 2009 at 8:25 AM
Is that actually Don McClean singing? It sounds just like him!
5 Paul // Jun 12, 2009 at 6:00 PM
@Doug:
No.
But those jerks at the NYT, NBC and the majors, have been lying on stories for years. Jason Blair was only fired because he was black, not because he lied about sources.
Let’s see, two examples leap to mind as to why I can’t wait to see the Times fold:
* Them running with the governments side of the X-Caliber Firearms story they ran in their crappy weekly magazine a few months ago
* Lying and saying Kevin Mitnick could single handedly take down the US’s electronic infrastructure. No one ever called them to task on this.
I’m not conservative at all, far from it. But I relish to see (might as well lump Fox News in there too) the big ones crumble and everyone from their traditional media staff (see: non-IT/Web guys) starve.
And don’t even get me started on the AP and how they’re a parasitic cartel with respect to use of images (see: them suing the guy who made the “Hope” design)
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