And Quicker Than The Human Eye
I loved Hong Kong Phooey.
Posted on October 22, 2019
CNN’s John King Wonders If AOC, Tlaib And Omar Endorsements Are ‘Too Urban’ To Help Sanders
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
Ellen DeGeneres’s Bullshit Takedown
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
The Real Climate Crisis Hypocrites
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
The Real Dirty Dancing Erases The Film’s Politics
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
Why Do TV News Shows Book Interviews With People Who Lie?
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
Appeals Court Rejects FCC Attempt To Scrap Media Ownership Limits
By Free Press
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday delivered a forceful rebuke of the Federal Communications Commission and overturned the agency’s latest attempts to eliminate long-standing limits on local media ownership.
An alliance of public-interest groups – Common Cause, the Communications Workers of America, Free Press, the Media Mobilizing Project, the Prometheus Radio Project and the United Church of Christ Office of Communication, Inc., as well as attorneys from the Georgetown Law Institute of Public Representation – challenged the Trump FCC’s ruling for its failure to address the impact of this radical deregulation on race and gender diversity in broadcasting.
The court agreed in full with the public-interest groups’ argument that the Commission “did not adequately consider the effect its sweeping rule changes will have on ownership of broadcast media by women and racial minorities.”
Posted on September 24, 2019
It Says Here
By Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter!
“Next, a look at today’s papers. Why fucking bother?”
Posted on September 23, 2019
Sinclair, ABC Light AOC On Fire
Sinclair station airs ad featuring burning picture of @AOC during #DemDebate; Video was flagged by Scott Dworkin–via @tommyxtopherhttps://t.co/sxeTNGyjSn
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 13, 2019
Posted on September 13, 2019
Failed Mayor Rahm Emanuel Yuks It Up With Failed Governor Chris Christie On ABC’s Expert Panel
By Eoin Higgins/Common Dreams
The ABC political show This Week on Sunday devoted a chunk of time to attacking Medicare for All, drawing fire for the segment’s panel makeup and language.
Of particular gall was the fact that the panel’s nominal liberal was former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a fiercely right-wing Democrat whose decades-long career in Washington, as Intercept editor Ryan Grim recently detailed in his book “We’ve Got People,” has been devoted to stifling the party’s progressive wing.
Posted on September 10, 2019