this is a very liberal demand which is like can you at least disclose the people know and I think that’s really where you give the game away because if they did that they would be far far less funded and far less influential because they kind of nominal or widely perceived neutrality or or kind of Academia Sheen or branding is what gives them power
Archives for 2024
Ted Nelson’s “Philosophy of Hypertext”
There have been a number of visionaries whose ideas foreshadowed the web (see The Atlantic, May 2014). One significant figure was Paul Otlet. Another was Vannevar Bush.
The Roads to your fact checking and research questions
Building Reader Trust through Quote Context
In a segment on fact checking, a viewer asked Bel how she decides when to cut off a quote and expressed her distrust of short quotations.
I’ve just been conditioned to assume short quotes are out of context
(click. on above quote)
How CiteIt helps Writers Build Reader Trust:
When authors create a custom link to a quote on a webpage or YouTube transcript, The CiteIt App pulls in the context of a quote and constructs a UI so that readers are able view the context without having to leave the page. This is designed help responsible writers build reader trust.
An Easier Way to Showcase “the Receipts”
1) “The Receipts”
When I told my Mom I was trying to contact Ken Klippenstein. She remarked “That sounds like a Russian-Mennonite name!”
I told her he’s a nepo baby, but I don’t care because he brings the receipts
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Building Reader Trust:
I’m working on an App to help writers to build trust with readers who are skeptical of their journalism, but persuadable. The App showcases the context of their sources in a visible way, differentiating their work from “mainstream” media. The App doesn’t require the reader to leave the existing article and visit a new page to read the documentation or video. The App reads YouTube video transcripts and enables writers to include an unlimited number of citations per article, whereas there is limited space to embed videos or document within an article.
2) Familiar Quotes: Jack Nicholson:
Besides bringing the receipts, writers can also use the tool expressively: Imagine citing a Jack Nicholson quote that (many) people are already familiar with: You can’t handle the truth
!
Digital Expression: Beyond Emoticons & Animated GIFs
Electronic writing has added emoticons, animated GIFs, audio and video to the new writing medium.
I’m seeking to get feedback from readers and from writers. I’m especially interested in hearing from Ken because his practice of journalism already brings “the receipts” and has someone edit his work. 1
The Design Features of CiteIt: do not require:
- Readers having to go to a new page, which introduces page-flipping friction and requires the reader to locate the quote start within the document and
- Writers having to limit the number “receipts” they post within an article to conserve space, as there is limited space within an article to display videos and document
- Putting “the receipts” at the bottom of the page where they are only visible after an article has been read.
- Copying the Quote context. CiteIt looks up the context, given a link URL.
- Computer Programming to script the popup windows.
About me
I’m a computer programmer and History major, (and Russian-Mennnonite) working on a citation tool I call CiteIt .
Tim Langeman, Akron, PA
Examples:
- CiteIt homepage
- Nordstream article: Matt Taibbi
- Biden Takes Swipe at Campus Protesters, Snubbing Youth Support : Ken Klippenstein
This page: https://demo.citeit.net/2024/05/25/bring-the-receipts
I have 5 interview questions for Ken. An important part is understanding whether I need change anything to take into account his Workflow and Editorial process.↩
Michael Brooks Show: Deep Cynicism: everyone’s lying
In an interview he did with Michael Brooks, Ken Klippenstein said:
They wouldn’t really care that Trump is lying and that he’s saying these patently ridiculous things.
Nancy Pelosi suggests Joe Biden deserves to be on Mount Rushmore
When Leslie Stahl interviewed Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi suggested Biden belongs up the on Mount Rushmore:
In Joe Biden and did you think he needed to step aside no my whole point was whatever he decides but we have to have a more aggressive campaign she mentioned his many accomplishments including his forceful leadership of the NATO Summit with other Western heads of state so he was in a good place to make whatever decision top of his game such a consequential president of the United States a Mount Rushmore kind of President of the United States want know what comes next that he belongs up there on Mount Rushmore Lincoln and Joe Biden but you got Teddy Roosevelt up there and he’s wonderful I don’t say take him down but you can add Biden
John Stewart’s “Daily Show” had to ask Corporate Sponsors for permission to make fun of them
I was surprised that Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” had a staff person call show sponsors to ask permission to make fun of them:
There was a certain person who was in charge of if the show wanted to make fun of a corporate sponsor or someone under the umbrella of one of the corporate sponsors, this person who worked for the Daily Show would call that company and try to convince them it’s cool to be made fun of. It’s okay to be made fun of on the Daily Show. The clear implication was if that company says no, it’s not getting on there. So imagine the level of corporations that are somehow tied to Viacom, Comcast, all of those, every entity. If they don’t want to be made fun of on the Daily Show, then they’re not going to be. Well, then the Daily Show can’t critique half of what owns this country.
Donald Trump Warns of a “Bloodbath!”
Today, a lot of the media carried a quote in which Donald Trump says: if I don’t get elected it’s going to be a blood bath
. Television is seldom able to present the whole context of a quote, given space limitations. This could be an advantage for Substack writers because CiteIt enables interested readers to have the option of pursuing a quote’s context without commandeering the attention of all viewers.
CiteIt becomes like an advanced form of footnotes that works across:
- text,
- audio, and
- video.
Ken Klippenstein: White House Falsely Declared it Warned Iraq of Impending Airstrikes
In the speech, Biden decried chaos
and declared that order must prevail
. He repeatedly condemned threats of violence, again failing to address the substantive demands of the protesters, reducing the problem to antisemitism and threats to ‘national security.’
Ocsar winner “Refutes his Jewishness”!
Isn’t it outrageous that this year at the 2024 Oscars, an Oscar winner Jonathan Glazer went on stage and said: Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness
. What a disgraceful thing to say!
No, the director of Zone of Interest did not disavow his Jewish identity at the Oscars (Vox)