04/20/2012- Cover the Night!!

"Despite the fact that the L.R.A. is not a threat to my personal safety and my family [in Uganda],
I still feel the pain. I don't want history to repeat itself. I don't want the children in Congo innocently to continue suffering. These children need to come back and have a normal life.
Why would I stop?"

discoverynews:

Journalism Jobs Robo-Sourced
As if print journalism’s death knell wasn’t already loud enough,  here’s a downright deafening new note that’s sure to make both print  and online journalists reach for a pair of industrial earmuffs.
But before we have a listen, read this first:
Newt Gingrich received the largest  increase in Tweets about him today.  Twitter activity associated with  the candidate has shot up since  yesterday, with most users tweeting  about taxes and character issues.  Newt Gingrich has been consistently  popular on Twitter, as he has been  the top riser on the site for the  last four days. Conversely, the number  of tweets about Ron Paul has  dropped in the past 24 hours. Another  traffic loser was Rick Santorum,  who has also seen tweets about him fall  off a bit.
Sounds a little stodgy, wooden and robotic for my liking. Well, that’s not surprising, considering it was written by a robot.
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discoverynews:

Journalism Jobs Robo-Sourced

As if print journalism’s death knell wasn’t already loud enough, here’s a downright deafening new note that’s sure to make both print and online journalists reach for a pair of industrial earmuffs.

But before we have a listen, read this first:

Newt Gingrich received the largest increase in Tweets about him today. Twitter activity associated with the candidate has shot up since yesterday, with most users tweeting about taxes and character issues. Newt Gingrich has been consistently popular on Twitter, as he has been the top riser on the site for the last four days. Conversely, the number of tweets about Ron Paul has dropped in the past 24 hours. Another traffic loser was Rick Santorum, who has also seen tweets about him fall off a bit.

Sounds a little stodgy, wooden and robotic for my liking. Well, that’s not surprising, considering it was written by a robot.

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