Talk about desperate. Like a jealous schoolgirl armed with a Sharpie, Fox News has now taken to wielding a Photoshop sword against those that might reveal its shortcomings. As reported by those helpful rascals at Media Matters, the nimrods over at 'Fox & Friends' recently did a segment called "Attack Dogs" that brought the network - unbelieveably - to a new low.

If you live in the United States, protecting your creative output just became easier. Today, the US Copyright Office unveiled a new online system, eCO, for registering copyrights. Users can fill out a registration application, pay the registration fee, and upload copies of the work being registered. A Powerpoint tutorial, tip sheet (.pdf) and list of frequently asked questions are available to help newcomers through the process.

In 2006, Rita Arens of Surrender Dorothy approached me with a huge idea, an exquisitely organized binder and an adult beverage. The result? Sleep is for the Weak, an anthology of superb blogging by parents edited by Rita Arens and starring the 23 parenting bloggers listed below. The first piece is a very personal foreword by Stacy Morrison, editor-in-chief of Redbook.

What won't Fox News do for ratings? Clearly, there is nothing they won't do. I was sick last night when I briefly flipped to Fox News, to find them using the suicide of a young model for nothing more than ratings. What I saw was not news, it was a tabloid. I wasn't the only one who was outraged by the disrespectful coverage... This is from a post at Bubblegum Culture...

The BlogHer in Second Life conference is excited to offer a new twist to this year's festivities- not only can you blog about your experience, but you are also encouraged to submit an iReport to CNN.com. Oh, but that is NOT all! CNN.com is offering some amazing training sessions for BlogHers: Tuesday, July 1, 2 p.m. SLT/5 p.m. ET - SL iReporting 101 Tuesday, July 8, 2 p.m. SLT/5 p.m. ET - Avatar photojournalism Tuesday, July 15, 2 p.m. SLT/5 p.m. ET - Virtual world newsgathering How amazing is that???!!!!

Ory Okolloh blogs at KenyaPundit, and also is a co-founder of political sites Ushahidi and Mzalendo. I heard her speak this morning at Global Voices Citizen Media summit on her blogging experiences. Throughout the Kenyan elections and the political violence there, she updated her blog very actively, sometimes every hour. Her blog became the center of controversy.