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By Court TV
Court TV, the newly rebooted, multi-platform television network devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting and expert analysis of the nation’s most important and compelling trials, launched Monday in the following 19 top-rated, major-market television stations:
Posted on October 30, 2019
By Darío Fernández-Bellon/The Conversation
Expectations are high for the BBC’s new series Seven Worlds, One Planet, but do nature documentaries do enough for the environment?
The BBC and David Attenborough have been criticized for side-stepping environmental issues and portraying the natural world as a pristine wilderness in their shows.
Even the recent Netflix series Our Planet – which went further to highlight climate change, habitat loss and species extinctions – shied away from depicting the true scale of these problems, according to some viewers.
Posted on October 28, 2019
By Jake Johnson/Common Dreams
CNN anchor John King faced swift backlash Tuesday night for pondering on national television whether endorsements from progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are “too far-left,” “too urban,” and “too internet” to help U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
“They are more of the younger, fresher face,” King said of the congresswomen during a CNN panel discussion following Tuesday evening’s presidential debate in Ohio. “More aggressive, more liberal. Less compromising. Less talk about working with Republicans.”
Posted on October 17, 2019
By The Electronic Freedom Foundation
It’s legitimately amazing that famous people and companies keep doing this. They keep using the DMCA to take down criticism, which always makes them look even worse than they did when the criticism was allowed to be seen. Does no one in Hollywood know about the Streisand Effect?
Comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres was photographed at a football game with former U.S. president George W. Bush. This sparked a debate about Bush’s legacy and whether being friendly to someone amounts to endorsing their actions. DeGeneres addressed the debate on her show, The Ellen Show.
Rafael Shimunov re-edited that portion of the show so that, instead of photos from the football game appearing behind DeGeneres, photos from Iraq War were shown instead. It’s a pretty clear case of re-editing a video in the interests of criticizing and commenting on the original. It’s also only 1:47 minutes long.
The edited video was published to Twitter, and the original posting now displays the classic “This video has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder” message.
Brilliant, transformative edit by @rafaelshimunov of this video, which clearly falls under #FairUse and is not intended for commercial purposes. Ellen’s friend, #GeorgeWBush, is a war criminal. pic.twitter.com/spm8V7BCWN
— OfThePeople #Bernie2020🔥 (@Of_the_People7) October 9, 2019
Posted on October 12, 2019
By Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter!
Just like the rest of the media, I’m here to report on who is protesting rather than what the protest is about.
Posted on October 9, 2019
By Jessica Ford and Phoebe Macrossan/The Conversation
It’s 1963. Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is a college-bound teenager staying at Kellerman’s Mountain Lodge with her family. Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) is a dance instructor at the resort – and Baby’s love interest.
Dirty Dancing is one of those films almost everyone has at least some knowledge of, even if only second-hand. It is therefore not surprising it has inspired a reality TV show: The Real Dirty Dancing.
At the “real Kellerman’s” resort in Virginia, B-list Australian celebrities take dancing lessons, visit set locations, and reminisce about the movie.
Posted on October 8, 2019
By Michael Socolow/The Conversation
First, it happened on Fox News.
Chris Wallace asked White House adviser Stephen Miller about the president’s decision to use private lawyers “to get information from the Ukrainian government rather than go through . . . agencies of his government.”
Miller’s response began, “Two different points – ” when Wallace cut him off.
“How about answering my question?” Wallace asked. Miller, changing the subject, ignored Wallace.
Miller never answered Wallace’s question.
Posted on October 2, 2019
