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iPod Flash: Life is random.

lifeisrandom.jpg imageAnd no sooner than I mention the upcoming Flash iPod, an Italian Apple fansite purports to have seen pictures of the new device at MacWorld, as well as the new Apple catchphrase “Life is random,” lending credence to their reports that the new iPod has no screen at all and will instead focus primarily on the Shuffle functions of the new 1GB device.

It is without any screen (that’s maybe because the slogan is “Life is random!”), small, with a shape more vertical than the other iPod. The color is white, and it seems like a small remote control that fits confortably in a single hand.

Scoop: here it is, the new iPod [MacityNet]

Originally from Gizmodo

Rathergate – CBS Ousts 4 Over Bush Memo Story

The Thornburgh/Boccardi report is out – PDF

Here’s what CBS has to say:

(CBS News) – Four CBS News employees, including three executives, have been ousted for their role in preparing and reporting a disputed story about President Bush’s National Guard service.

ompted by the report of an independent panel that concluded that CBS News failed to follow basic journalistic principles in the preparation and reporting of the piece. The panel also said CBS News had compounded that failure with “rigid and blind” defense of the 60 Minutes Wednesday report.

Asked to resign were Senior Vice President Betsy West, who supervised CBS News primetime programs; 60 Minutes Wednesday Executive Producer Josh Howard; and Howard’s deputy, Senior Broadcast Producer Betsy West. The producer of the piece, Mary Mapes, was terminated.

The panel said a “myopic zeal” to be the first news organization to broadcast a groundbreaking story about Mr. Bush’s National Guard service was a key factor in explaining why CBS News had produced a story that was neither fair nor accurate and did not meet the organization’s internal standards.

The report said at least four factors that some observers described as a journalistic ‘Perfect Storm’ had contributed to the decision to broadcast a piece that was seriously flawed.

“The combination of a new 60 Minutes Wednesday management team, great deference given to a highly respected producer and the network’s news anchor, competitive pressures, and a zealous belief in the truth of the segment seem to have led many to disregard some fundamental journalistic principles,” the report said.A quick read of the report indicates had Dan Rather not announced his retirement they would have had to fire him as well. Why?

Page #114 – [Andrew] Heyward also told the Panel that Rather said he had not “been involved in this much checking on a story since Watergate.”

It would have been pretty hard to absolve Rather and hold everyone else accountable.

Originally posted by Kevin Aylward from Wizbang