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David Carr: The News Diet Of A Media Omnivore. Hide caption "We are entering a golden age of journalism," says David Carr of The New York Times.

David Carr: The News Diet Of A Media Omnivore

"I look at my backpack ... and it contains more journalistic firepower than the entire newsroom that I walked into 30-40 years ago. " Mario Tama/Getty Images David Carr has a cold. On Sunday night, the media columnist for The New York Times tweeted to his more than 335,000 followers that he realized he probably had a variation of the common cold — because his drugstore was out of his favorite cold remedy. "Sometimes you want to grab what is in the air, so to speak, and just put it out there," he says. Carr joins Terry Gross on Fresh Air to discuss his Twitter usage, the future of newspapers, error correction, his own media consumption, religion and the accountability of social media.

"It serves to edit what's going on in the world, and it puts a human curation on this huge fire hose of data that's washing over us all," he says. Initially, Carr says, he wasn't a Twitter fan. The New York Times. How to Time Your Facebook Posts to Reach the Most Fans. Jeff Widman co-founded PageLever to provide better Facebook analytics for marketers.

How to Time Your Facebook Posts to Reach the Most Fans

PageLever measures more than 650 million Facebook fans across customers like YouTube and MTV. Jeff has been cited as an expert in Facebook analytics by Mashable, AdAge, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, InsideFacebook, AllFacebook, etc. I get asked all the time, "How frequently should I post on my Facebook page? When is the best time to post? " Answer: Post whenever the most recent status update for your page stops showing up in your fans' News Feeds. If you post often, you will see an immediate spike in News Feed impressions, but it's generally not worth the cost in lost fans. If you post too infrequently, you're missing out on opportunities to reach your fans. The kicker: Each post performs differently. Calculate the average post lifetime by using the method below, but remember it's just that — an average. How do you know when a post stops appearing in your fans' News Feeds? 1. 2. 3. Post a status update.

Wyoming Sheriffs Told Federal BATF & IRS Agents To Abide By The Constitution Or Face Immediate Arrest. UPDATED. Wyoming Sheriffs Put Feds In Their Place.

Wyoming Sheriffs Told Federal BATF & IRS Agents To Abide By The Constitution Or Face Immediate Arrest. UPDATED

Immediately Below Is The Internet EmbellishmentFollowed ByHow It Really Went Down! Here’s one the mainstream media isn’t going to tell you: County sheriffs in Wyoming are demanding that federal agents actually abide by the Constitution, or face arrest. Even better, a U.S. Federal District Court agreed. November 09, 2011 Guess what? The court confirms and asserts that “the duly elected sheriff of a county is the highest law enforcement official within a county and has law enforcement powers EXCEEDING that of any other state OR federal official.”

Sheriff Dave Mattis Bighorn County Sheriff Dave Mattis comments: The Alan Parsons Project- Games People Play.