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Dan Gillmor: No wonder Congress is unpopular
- So the latest Gallup Poll shows that the public has the worst opinion of Congress in more than three decades — and that the main reason for the latest drop is a plummeting opinion among the nation’s Democrats and independents. As one of those independents, my reaction is, “No kidding, Sherlock,” except that I’m thinking a different word than “kidding.” Still, the numbers are fairly amazing.
Dan Gillmor: Bring back the paper ballots for honest, accurate voting
- Should California voters be petrified to learn that a team of computer scientists easily broke into and then hacked the voting machines used in state elections, in a test sponsored by the California Secretary of State’s office?
Dan Gillmor: CNN decision could lead to a real presidential debate
- In this impossibly early presidential campaign season, so-called “debates” are already making modest waves. They could be much more useful, and there’s promising progress to suggest that they will.
Dan Gillmor: Citizen media advanced Virginia Tech tragedy coverage
- Once again, horror has given us a glimpse of our media future: simultaneously conversational and distributed, mass and personal.
- Once again, horror has given us a glimpse of our media future: simultaneously conversational and distributed, mass and personal.
Dan Gillmor: Some candidates cope better than others with new campaign reality of the Web
- When Sen. Hillary Clinton announced her presidential candidacy several weeks ago, she did it the modern way, or at least in an up-to-date venue: the World Wide Web.