I can see why presidential campaigns would want to approve the quotes the media uses in its stories. I think it is cowardly and awful of the media to allow this to happen. It is another step in the media being willing to serve as...
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Very interesting read at Lapham's Quarterly by my former colleague Greg Shaya about the role of the press in modern society. An excerpt: What of Vietnam and television? It is.
Jesse Zwick at TNR engages in some policing of the left side of the political discourse: What is surprising, however, are the number of decidedly non-crazy American experts and journalists who.
Some amusing nastiness from James Wolcott, on the development of the next hit reality TV show, tentatively entitled Reality. Like soul brother Beck, Sarah Palin has moonshot herself into a zero-gravity zone that is beyond parody, where brazen self-caricature takes on the bold outlines of...
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSpecial Comment - Keith Olbermann's Name-Callingwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care CrisisHear, hear. About time the fake news outlets took.
I suppose it's nearly tautological to note that Jack Shafer's attempted defense of Mouthpiece Theater (or, at least, his argument that the Post should continue to waste its resources and.
Bad, but hardly surprising: The Kremlin controls much of the Russian media, and Putin occasionally meets with friendly groups of senior journalists to answer questions and guide news coverage.... The message to the 30 or so media executives at the gathering was clear: With Russia...
I think this is the key part of Greenwald's post about Gregory replacing OberMatthews:Finally, and perhaps most notably of all, Olbermann's role as anchor somehow destroys the journalistic brand of.
Resistance is Futile.Yes this whole saga is super annoying, what with Chris Mortensen's hourly reports from his location inside Favre's ass, but I'm getting intrigued by the game theory aspects.My.
The Guardian is reporting that Heinz has been forced to pull this television ad in response to viewer complaints.From the Guardian:The Heinz Deli Mayo ad has been pulled after less than a week on air after viewers complained to the Advertising Standards Authority that it...
I can't say I'm sorry I missed this.
Like most of you I'm sure, my first reaction to this was "Tucker Carlson still has a show in MSNBC? Is Dennis Miller still there?" It is oddly reassuring, however,.