AMCGLTD, one of the mirror sites for the New York Times Columnist Correction Policy Project has a nice take on what’s happening… #

AMCGLTD: Blogosphere to New York Times: DROP DEAD #

The parallels between this event and those surrounding one Martin Luther are quite striking. Then, as now, a single individual posted a set of grievances against a powerful institution claiming rights to “the truth” in a public place. Then, as now, that institution used its size, power, and wealth in an attempt to muzzle this voice and destroy all evidence of the complaints. Then, as now, a new technology allowed copies of those complaints to be spread across the world literally faster than they could be destroyed (scattered on the wind like so many dandelion seeds). #

Didn’t the Times learn anything from the Diebold debacle? After all, they wrote a column about it. #

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