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Is Today's Internet Killing Our Culture?
Are Wikipedia, Google and an infinite number of web blogs, liberating our culture or killing it. Also, the Bush Administration's big surveillance victory in court, and are Grey whales headed for extinction once again?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenAre Wikipedia, Google and an infinite number of web blogs, liberating our culture or killing it by abolishing traditional standards and blurring the difference between what's true and what's false. Also, the Bush Administration's domestic surveillance program scores a major legal victory and, on Reporter's Notebook, Grey whales are a triumph of worldwide conservation, but lately, their numbers are down, and they're skinny. Are they headed for extinction once again?
In this episode
3 storiesUS Court Rules in Favor of Domestic Spying Program
In Cincinnati today, a major victory for the Bush Administration. The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a challenge against the controversial practice of surveillance without warrants. Henry Weinstein covers the court system for the Los Angeles Times .
Read the story6 minExperts, Amateurs and the Backlash against Internet 2.0
Internet 2.0 is defined by a new generation of participatory websites, which depend on content generated by users. It's been hailed for its democratization of culture by providing more information from more sources without either filters or fees.
Read the story36 minGrey Whales Face Threat from Starvation
Grey whales were hunted almost to extinction in the 1850's and again in the early 1900's. But global protection, begun in the 1930's, brought them back and, in the 1990's, they were removed from the endangered species list, when their population had grown to some 25,000. Recently, though, there have been signs of trouble.
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