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mimigoliath
11/30/09

In reply to 'Twitter' Is Word of Sexless Year
I think Twitter is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but I would have expected the verb form, "tweet," to be the so-called "top word." Isn't Twitter a brand name? At least Google has been turned into a verb. Aren't we celebrating the related human activity that Twitter promotes and not the actual thing? Unless they just think Twitter is the verb. Am I overthinking this? Can we spend the next 20 minutes conjugating?
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Magister
11/30/09

Can we spend the next 20 minutes conjugating?

@mimigoliath: If we can do it in 140 characters or less.
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damedew
05/12/09

In reply to The Newshour With Jim Lehrer Is Getting a Makeover
Clearly PBS just got the memo that the internet exists.

Maybe to spruce up the show they could buy a few more lights.
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ifstone
05/12/09

@millisima: In some ways, PBS has been a pioneer on the web. They've been doing polished online complements to their programs for a long time, and started web streaming of selected programs/episodes long before the major networks. But clearly their budget is limited -- pbs.org used to be perennially slow -- and many of their web efforts are still fairly static and one-way, not "web 2.0."

They must also have an especially pernicious form of channel conflict with PBS member stations, who conduct the interminable pledge drives and collect most of the viewer contributions.

McNeil/Lehrer is an oasis in the vast wasteland of TV news. It's shocking to read that they only average 1.2M viewers, and I hope the makeover doesn't spoil it.
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ifstone
05/12/09

In reply to The Newshour With Jim Lehrer Is Getting a Makeover
What McNeil/Lehrer needs to update is their website. They've made tentative steps toward putting video of the program online, but they're all half-assed in one way or another, and there are frequent technical glitches. Even worse, they don't seem to be supporting the web streams very well with underwriting spots or other ads, so they can't be paying their way.
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MrInBetween
05/12/09

In reply to The Newshour With Jim Lehrer Is Getting a Makeover
Wouldn't giving the News Hour with Jim Lehrer "a livelier look" mean replacing Jim Lehrer with, say, Justin Timberlake or, if he's unavailable, Mario Lopez?
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