Sometimes we do it right
It’s good to know that our monitoring of the social networks pays off sometimes.
Michael Becker
Michael Becker is the Web Editor of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. He has been a blogger and professional journalist since 2005, covering subjects ranging from nonprofits and crime to engineering and technology.
Apparent hoax photo a hit on Chronicle page on Facebook
UPDATED with information from the original submitter — I posted what turned out to be an apparent hoax photo to our Facebook page yesterday. Unfortunately, it was a viral hit.
Vancouver Sun: Android users apparently more slutty than iPhone users
According to a survey conducted by Zoomerang for the dating website Match.com, users of Android phones “more likely to have sex on a first date and partake in one-night stands.”
Montana telecom group unhappy with FCC over rural call completion
Last week, the Montana Telecommunications Association, sent a letter to the media outlining the organization’s views on what it deems the pitiful state of call completion in rural parts of Montana.
Montana senators want answers for degrading rural landline quality
Noticed problems with your landline lately? You’re not alone. According to Phillip Dampier at StopTheCap.com, the FCC saw a 2,000 percent increase in the number of complaints over rural landline service between April 2010 and March 2011.
Billings tea party leader calls for a boycott of all media
The Montana Cowgirl Blog, a left-leaning Montana politics blog, reported a few days ago that an email newsletter sent from Montana Shrugged, a Billings tea party group, called news media “complicit in the destruction of America.”
Megaupload.com workers indicted for piracy
Update: It would seem that some online weren’t happy with the Department of Justice’s actions. News sites are reporting now that the group Anonymous attacked… Read More »Megaupload.com workers indicted for piracy
Holding something back
Ken Tingley, editor of the Post-Star in Glens Falls, N.Y., explained in a column on Jan. 14 his newspaper’s policy for posting content online. Each and every day, the Post-Star keeps two stories offline and runs them only in the print edition.
Wikipedia joins blackout to protest SOPA
The Washington Post reports today that Wikipedia will black out English versions its site out on Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. The… Read More »Wikipedia joins blackout to protest SOPA
Why we allow anonymous comments
A reader recently wrote in asking why the Chronicle allows anonymous or pseudonymous comments on its website while requiring that letter writers verify their names and addresses before their letters are printed.