the "philadelphia inquirer" to be exact. mayor nutter sworn in now for a second term.o cut homicides. right now philly tops the list with the city with the highest homicide rates of the nation's ten most popular cities. he failed miserably. >> how did he win? >> not sure how he won re-election, however, he is saying handguns happen to be the problem. the proliferation of illegal guns and an epidemic of african-american men being the perpetrators and victims of the shootings. he's going for gun legislation now. we'll see what happens. >> to tall ahassee, florida. florida university decided to put together a blue ribbon board. a panel that will figure out how to advise against hazing. do you remember the young man who was killed, robert champion? he was killed in november. a report from the bus that he was riding, a band bus, a drum major. the report, he'd been going through a hazing incident where he walked down the aisle of the bus and i suppose your friends on the band beat you up as you -- i think he was beaten so badly, that's what they're saying. paddled possibly a

. >> so let's move on to the "philadelphia inquirer," mayor nutter is sworn in for a second time.ots of pomp and circumstance four years ago because he promised the cut homicides. so right now philly tops the list as the city with the highest homicide rates of the nation's ten most populous cities. so he failed. however, he does say he's going to take on gun control now, gun legislation. we'll see how he fares there. >> that's not such a bad failure if you get a second term. you may not have met your goals. >> it's kind of interesting, maybe it's because he is going after the gun legislation. he's got people fighting him on that. >> from one mayor on one coast to a mayor on another coast. a big story that has a lot of people talking. it tease series of fires in los angeles. in fact, we can rest a little easier this morning. police say they have put an end to that arson spree, but not before about $3 million in damage was inflicted on the community. 24-year-old harry burkhardt from germany originally in custody. he's the one smiling to the left of your screen there with the ponytai

government reporting projects in a difference to coverage of the icy policy and is running in "the philadelphia inquirer," the "pittsburgh post gazette" and the morning call. and now i ask you to silencer cell phones in consideration of your fellow guests but i encourage you to use them if you would like to tweak questions for our panel tonight. please use the hashtag pound ncc privacy. and now without further ado please join me in welcoming lori andrews, kashmir hill, jennifer preston and christopher wink. [applause] >> thank you everybody. it turns out -- so it took a little bit what we are here. 225 years ago the constitution was written here in philadelphit years the foundation of our democracy, the communication patterns and issues of privacy were developed and 25 -- two and in 25 years new communication forms are developing new standards for i want to jump right into it with lori actually by telling us why the social web is a constitutional issue. maybe ground us first. >> our founding fathers would have loved facebook twitter and google. they have a clause in the constitution a patent clause to e

-- monopoly has seen newsrooms that once had hundreds of people radically diminished, the "philadelphia inquirer" once had 7, 800 reporters, they're now down to about 200. this is being replicated across the country. it is much more difficult for a young person who begins, as i did, as a freelance reporter because there just aren't the outlets, and the internet doesn't pay. these commercial interests don't need news organizations to connect anymore. with potential consumers. and i think this means that a journalist like actors, classical actors like my wife will increasingly economically have to live on the margins, that that -- a period when you could get a job with a major metropolitan daily and earn a middle class salary are probably over. >> host: and from "empire of illusion," the government stripped of any real sovereignty provides little more than technical expertise for elites and corporations that lack moral restraints and a concept of the common good. america has become a facade. it has become the

his writings have appeared in the philadelphia business journal, the metro, "philadelphia inquirer", pittsburgh post gazette and the morning call. and now i ask you to silence your cell phones in consideration of your fellow guests, but i encourage you to use them if you'd like to tweet questions for our panel tonight. please use the hash tag pound ncc privacy. and now, without further ado, please, join me in welcoming lori, kashmir, jennifer and christopher. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. apologize for starting a little late. it turns out lapel mics are tough to put on people who don't have lapels, but we're here. [laughter] 225 years ago the constitution was written here in philadelphia, and in subsequent years the foundation of our democracy, the communication patterns, communication patterns and issues of privacy were developed, and 225 years later new communication forms are developing new standards for that. so as stephane said, we have a great panel, and i want to jump right into it with lori, actually, by telling us why the social web is a constitutional issue. maybe gro

. >> the philadelphia inquirer headlines, lion at rest.hief investigative correspondent is at penn state. >> reporter: even though joe paterno lost his job two months before succumbing to lung cancer, for thousands of men and women he inspired both on and off the field it was like he never left. it was the kind of respect that would have made joe paterno proud. a candlelight processional full of dignity and grace, part of an outpouring of grief expressed in flowers and footballs, some mourners silent, some not. >> really the only person that gave me the opportunity to play football. and now i'll never forget him for that. >> reporter: paterno's death on sunday morning of lung cancer closed one chapter of an iconic life, but certainly not the book. in a statement, the board of trustees and university president rodney ericson said, we grieve for the loss of joe paterno, a great man who made us a greater university. we are considering appropriate ways to honor the great life and legacy of joe paterno. in fact, penn state now faces a delicate

the "philadelphia inquirer" to be exact. mayor nutter sworn in now for a second term. years ago he promised to cut homicides. right now philly tops the list with the city with the highest homicide rates of the nation's ten most popular cities. he failed miserably. >> how did he win? >> not sure how he won re-election, however, he is saying handguns happen to be the problem. the proliferation of illegal guns and an epidemic of african-american men being the perpetrators and victims of the shootings. he's going for gun legislation now. we'll see what happens. >> to tall ahassee, florida. florida university decided to put together a blue ribbon board. a panel that will figure out how to advise against hazing. do you remember the young man who was killed, robert champion? he was killed in november. a report from the bus that he was riding, a band bus, a drum major. the report, he'd been going through a hazing incident where he walked down the aisle of the bus and i suppose your friends on the band beat you up as you -- i think he was beaten so badly, that's what they're sa

most prominent sportswriter and a columnist for the "philadelphia daily news," part of the same company. conlon retired under pressure when the inquirereported allegations from four people that he molested them as children back in the 1970s. the accusers decided to step forward in the wake of the sexual abuse tragedy at penn state. since that story, three more people have come forward with similar accusations. the 77-year-old conlon has declined to comment, but before the "inquirer" piece came out he went after the accusers in an e-mail to the sports blog dead spin writing -- they can toss my good name out there while alleging a crime that was never charged, bleep that. that's exactly what i would say to a veteran journalist refusing to comment on such awful allegations. bleep that. >>> on a somewhat lighter note, facebook, with more than 800 million active members, dwarfs its upstart rival, twitter, which has more than 100 million active users. but take note, twitter, which has plenty of journalists and celebrities tweet, got more media coverage in 2011 according to high beam research. twitter, not requiring someone to accept you as