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Carl Bernstein on Rupert Murdoch — [VIDEO]

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June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World was total bullshit.

June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World was complete bullshit. – BetFair: Recent ‘News of the World’ Article Betfair Customer Services 29 Jun 13:13 We have been contacted by several customers in relation … Continue reading

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June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World

June 28′s BetFair millionaire story (about Elliott Short) in the News Of The World has been retracted by the UK tabloid. See why at the bottom of this post. – Find the cache here. By Simon Ward, 28/06/2009 A SACKED … Continue reading

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Prediction markets = “the future of journalism” —said, from day one, Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures. Emile, if you have balls, let’s do it —all together.

My yesterday’s post about the Obama–Clinton prediction markets was the most popular Midas Oracle story of that Monday. Hummmm… No idea why… I was not helped by Google Search or by an external blogger. Sounds like our Midas Oracle web … Continue reading

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BetFair and InTrade (the so-called leaders in the field of prediction markets) haven’t had the first clue about prediction market journalism.

SCOOP: We have identified the bozo who edits BOTH the BetFair blog AND the InTrade bulletin. IT’S A FUCKING MONKEY. – WEB EXCLUSIVE — PLEASE, DO CREDIT MIDAS ORACLE FOR THE SCOOP. THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL‘S DAY JOKE. … Continue reading

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