Microsoft’s China operation is enforcing the communist regime’s censorship policies on Chinese bloggers. That may be a news story but should hardly come as a surprise. Microsoft is not in China to advance the cause of democracy, protect personal freedoms or militate for human rights. Microsoft is a business doing what businesses do: pursue profit. [...]
Posts on ‘June 14th, 2005’
Presumed gay hero, statue, spark comedy of errors
A story at Yahoo! News, “Statue of gay hero draws monumental flak,” gives us pause for several reasons, the first being that the headline is wrong. The short of the story is that one of Toronto’s historical figures has been honored with a statue in the city’s gay community neighborhood, generating controversy, which is the [...]
For bottom-feeder news, he’s the tops all right
While we’re commenting on Yahoo! News, there’s another little matter sticking in our craw. We noticed during today’s visit to the site some unbelievably lousy priorities on display. Here’s the top of the topmost item, what Yahoo! News decision makers thought was the most important, most urgent story they had to offer: Jackson Ending Sleepovers [...]
