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Declan McCullagh
Declan McCullagh
Declan McCullagh is an American journalist and columnist for CNET’s news.com. He specializes in computer security and privacy issues. He is notable, among other things, for his early involvement with the media interpretation of U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore’s statement that he "took the initiative in creating the Internet." McCullagh himself once claimed that "If it’s true that Al Gore created the Internet, then I created the ’Al Gore created the Internet’ story."[1] In an article in The Register, he was once described by fellow technical journalist Andrew Orlowski as a, "draw by crayon libertarian,"[2] and has written in defense of Libertarianism frequently.[3]He began writing weekly columns for CBS on economic commentary entitled Other People’s Money upon CBS’s acquisitions of CNET.[4] News. http://www.wired.com/politics/ law/news/2000/10/39301. Retrieved on 2007-08-01. [2] Orlowski, Andrew (November 4, 2002). "How did Microsoft end up policing Microsoft?". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/11/04/ how_did_microsoft_end_up/. Retrieved on 2007-09-16. [3] McCullagh, Declan (September 12, 1997). "In Defense of Libertarianism"". Wired News. http://www.wired.com/ politics/law/news/1997/09/6864. Retrieved on 2008-09-16. [4] http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/ politics/otherpeoplesmoney/ main503363.shtml
External links
• c|net News.com Site • Personal Web Site • Politech: Politics & Technology Site
References
[1] McCullagh, Declan (October 17, 2000). "The Mother of Gore’s Invention". Wired
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