Check out this behind-the-scenes look at our video shoot with MythBuster Adam Savage for the FORA.tv end-of-the-year video playlist recently featured on YouTube spotlighting the people, issues, and ideas that changed 2010.
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And a BIG thanks to Mr. Savage for donating his time to this project! We're all huge fans of his work around these parts, so this was the opportunity of a lifetime and he couldn't have been more amiable to our crew.
"This year end playlist contains smart, engaging programs that capture the profound power of online video," says Adam Savage. "The power to connect directly with large audiences and unleash a torrent of emotion, connection, and response. 2010 was the year of being big."
We're thrilled to have been chosen by YouTube for the honor of producing this important playlist. And we're humbled by the generous help from Adam Savage who so kindly provided a special introduction. (Check out Adam's awesome site.) Thank you YouTube. Thank you, Adam.
The 2010 FORA.tv Year End Playlist can be found on YouTube's homepage tonight and in the site's playlists section. And while on YouTube, be sure to visit the FORA.tv channel and join a community of nearly 35,000 passionate, engaged members. (FORA.tv videos have been viewed more than 25 million times on YouTube!) YouTube has also featured playlists from the likes of grammy winner Natasha Bedingfield, talk show host Conan O'Brien and internet big thinker Vint Cerf.
We hope you enjoy the playlist. Let us know what you think of our selections: where we went right and where we went wrong. Which YouTube videos do you think helped change the world in 2010?
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As the campaign to shutdown WikiLeaks intensifies, mainstream media needs to get off on the sidelines and rescue the beleaguered site. The New York Times should take a bold stand and immediately offer to host the site and its leaked classified material.
A New York Times-WikiLeaks partnership would strengthen our democracy and give traditional journalism a much needed boost of relevancy.
When WikiLeaks began leaking classified information, notably horrific video of a deadly helicopter attack on journalists in Iraq, the site's founder Julian Assange was only modestly successful. He tried to go it alone in distributing the materials and had little luck with getting pick-up from the mainstream media. Assange was treated as an outsider and a perhaps illegitimate source of news; Assange viewed big media with similar mistrust.
However, Assange changed his tactics with the recent troves of leaked classified materials. WikiLeaks cooridinated each release with such top news organizations as the Guardian and the New York Times. Doing so elevated WikiLeaks' reputation and provided traditional distribution, two elements that have multiplied the impact of WikiLeaks' information.
In recent days however, WikiLeaks was kicked to the curb by two US web host companies -- Amazon and EveryDNS. And today PayPal announced on its site: "PayPal has permanently restricted the account used by WikiLeaks due to a violation of the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, which states that our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity. We've notified the account holder of this action."
These moves by U.S. companies -- perhaps under pressure from the U.S. government, should alarm anyone concerned with protecting an open and transparent society. And who better to fulfill this role? The New York Times.
But is today's New York Times, in name the same organization that more than three decades ago published the Pentagon Papers, up to the task? In a messy online exchange with New York Times readers, Bill Keller, executive managing editor, declared that "WikiLeaks is not a 'media partner' of The Times."
Really? The New York Times, has more than benefited from privileged access (both direct and indirect)to the WikiLeaks material. Certainly the controversial stories have increased newsstand sales and traffic to NYTimes.com.
So, an appeal is in order:
Bill Keller, the time for bold action is now: Make WikiLeaks a 'media partner.' Move the WikiLeaks site and its classified information onto the New York Times web servers. Dare the U.S. government to challenge you on this. WikiLeaks, which has now fled to Sweden, is too easy an target as a stand alone organization.
Bill Keller, you've quoted Thomas Jefferson’s remark that he would rather have newspapers without government than government without newspapers.
Bill Keller, we soon could end up with neither newspapers nor WikiLeaks. Please act now. ---------- Watch Julian Assange describe his motivation for releasing leaked classified information.
Watch Amy Goodman describe reporting on the WikiLeaks video of a U.S. helicopter attack on journalists.
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