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During a special TED conference session today Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Carl Bernstein blamed the decline in the quality of U.S. news reporting on Rupert Murdoch "the decline began in the 80’s after he bought the NY Post".   Bernstein was a member of a panel organized by the BBC exploring the impact of new media on the quality and comprehensiveness of news reporting.

A few weeks ago celebrity blogger Robert Scoble wrote that "Microsoft researchers make me cry" but couldn’t tell us why.  It turns out its the World Wide telescope.  The telescope really is not a literal telescope - it is a marvel of integrating information from telescopes throughout the world in a way that astronomers can have a much richer view of space that is bordering on a 3D virtual reality.  I saw a demo that had us zip zooming in that feels like Electronic Arts produced it but it has the scientific integrity of Johns Hopkins.   Check it.  The inventor is Curtis Wong who is a researcher with Microsoft.  It will be a downloadable application for the PC.  I look forward to flying to Pluto soon.

UPDATE:  Here is the Talk