Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) - Censorship makes a megaphone not a muzzle of speech

Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) said:

"Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs."

New York Times wrote an article, 'For Hateful Comic in France, Muzzle Becomes a Megaphone.'

Paul Krugman - You don't need to be an academic to be taken seriously online

Paul Krugman explains on his New York Times that you don't need fancy academic letters behind your name to be taken as a serious, credible and authoritative voice online and on the blogosphere. He said: 

"But academic credentials are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for having your ideas taken seriously. If a famous professor repeatedly says stupid things, then tries to claim he never said them, there’s no rule against calling him a mendacious idiot — and no special qualifications required to make that pronouncement other than doing your own homework.

Conversely, if someone without formal credentials consistently makes trenchant, insightful observations, he or she has earned the right to be taken seriously, regardless of background.

One of the great things about the blogosphere is that it has made it possible for a number of people meeting that second condition to gain an audience. I don’t care whether they’re PhDs, professors, or just some guy with a blog — it’s the work that matters."

Read in full here. 

 

Rory McIlroy faces the identity question in the New York Times

Here's what he said to Karen Crouse in the New York Times here:

“This thing goes back hundreds and hundreds of years and there’s wars and battles of all sorts. It’s a tricky situation to be in. If I was a bit more selfish, I think it would be an easier decision.”

I wrote about the problem on the Huffington Post here. Previous feature in NYT on Rory with Karen Crouse here.

Also great article by Fintan O'Toole in the Irish Times here (£) and in the photos below for those who want past the pay wall. 

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2013/0115/1224328850660.html#.UPUoXNLrWy0.twitter