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I just did this quick interview with Matt Thompson to talk about http://deathpanels.org -- a scary-looking piece of journalism he produced this week. It's sort of a healthcare debate FAQ on steroids. In a dark gym. With some death metal playing in the background.

matt_thompson_on_deathpanels_dot_org.mp3 2 MB

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Bravo sir, bravo. - Kevin Koehler

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Backstory: At #KNCMIT, Matt, Dave Cohn, me, Dan Schultz, and a bunch of other people were having a hops-fueled brainstorming session one night when we really went into a lot of detail about what a really great page of topical news reporting might look like -- sort of a Drudge Report for one big important issue. I just didn't know Matt would make it look so damn good. - Ryan Sholin

For a version with fewer skulls -- if you really need fewer skulls in your healthcare reform conversation -- there's always Pulitzer Prize winner Politifact: http://politifact.com/truth-o... - Ryan Sholin

Well done, Ryan. And impressed with the quick turnaround. - Jim Santori

@Jim -- As happens from time to time, I was inspired by Scoble's quick call to FriendFeed's founders the other day when the sale news broke. - Ryan Sholin

Do you know who else had hops-fueled brainstorming sessions?! http://obamaisliterallyhitler.tumblr.com/post... - Kevin Koehler

I'm just going to bump a comment here so no one stops dead in their tracks after Kevin's link, which I chuckled at when I saw it yesterday. - Ryan Sholin

So, no one minds a little fact-based activism in their journalism right? What do you think of Matt's disclosures on the About-this-site page? - Ryan Sholin

Transparent and honest. Just the way it should be. - Jim Santori

The design is sarcastic, which while entertaining to us may confuse others. (Just as some irony-impaired folks will fail to grasp the Obama-is-literally-Hitler joke.) On the Nightly News that would be a wrong, but here I don't have any problem with it. You don't have to pacify everyone -- online there's a mass audience that WILL get it. - Kevin Koehler

Please excuse this test. I just want to see if I can add a comment into the widget that appears on the pbs.org site. - Kevin Sablan

Absolutely. Pretty cool, eh? It's not exactly as full-featured as, say, Cover It Live for real-time conversation (and moderation), but it works for embedding content and a stream of comments anywhere. I think it's just an iframe. - Ryan Sholin

Yeah, pretty cool. Wish I could add images, too. Of course, this only works as long as FriendFeed isn't flooded by spammy users. - Kevin Sablan

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if some would build a great OS X native app for Friendfeed, I'd probably use Friendfeed a lot more...

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experimenting with fluid pointed at http://friendfeed.com/i as a workaround - Nick Sieger

Going to try Fluid for FF, but would rather have a native app, or added support in Nambu or Tweetie. - Cheryl Jones

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