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...letting their preconceived notions dictate the "master narrative." On the other hand, the four bloggers on the panel - the fifth was Matt Bai, who writes about politics for the New York Times Magazine - talk about blogging in a way that implies that they're re-inventing the journalistic wheel. "To have good sourcing you have to maintain relationships," says one. And as for letting a master narrative guide one's writing, there are few narratives more over-arching than the presumption that most mainstream journalists are corrupt, weak-willed shills who hobnob with sources at cocktail parties and protect...
...where his invitation was. Considering the lavish party Mark Warner had thrown for them the night before, perhaps bloggers should not be so hasty with accusations of schmooze. Still, schmoozing is basically harmless if it doesn't affect what one writes - and if bloggers are re-inventing the journalist wheel, they're still getting around to that one. At the Q&A Warner held with bloggers after his speech, the questions were respectful and sincere. The first one was about whether Warner was correct in asserting that Iran is a greater threat to our national security than Pakistan. A better...
Medical care can be a gamble--and patients often don't understand the odds. University of California researchers aim to change that, with an interactive Web-based tool that they are calling the roulette wheel. This color-coded visual model uses a computer algorithm to help patients and their doctors assess the possible outcomes of different treatments. Take the prostate-specific-antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer, for example. The wheel for PSA screening shows a typical patient the potential harm (incontinence, impotence, death) or benefit (no symptoms) that could result from treatment following a PSA test in which high...
...team considered other models--a dartboard with a perfect outcome as the bull's-eye, or a minefield, in which a mine represents death and a rock might be, say, nausea. That analogy failed. ("People thought they could step over the side effects," he says.) The roulette wheel best illustrated the range of outcomes. With medical care, as with that little white ball, says Hoffman, "you know that it could land anywhere...
...Overseers, who in their day jobs are drivers in politics, academics, and economics, take a back-seat role at Harvard. It remains to be seen whether now—as the University undergoes transitions at the helm—the Overseers will seize the wheel...