Like Donald Trump On Brussels
It’s shitty, and it’s cynical.
Posted on March 28, 2016
24 Hours With BabyTV
Another Banner Year In The Bender Baby Household
5:30 a.m.: Developmental Programs for Baby.
6 a.m.: Developmental Programs for Baby.
6:30 a.m.: Harry & Rainbow.
6:45 a.m.: Tillie & Larry.
7 a.m.: Hide & Seek & Peek Aboo.
7:15 a.m.: The Notekins.
7:30 a.m.: Preschool Basics.
Posted on March 24, 2016
The Trumpification Of The U.S. Media
By Stephen Cushion/The Conversation
Outside the United States, the prospect of Donald Trump being elected president is typically met with a mixture of amusement and alarm. After all, how can a billionaire reality TV star become the most powerful leader in the world when he proposes building a giant wall to prevent Mexican immigrants coming across the border and banning all Muslims from entering the country?
But having been a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Austin for the last two weeks, I’ve spent far too much of my time watching television news coverage of the election campaign. Once you switch on it’s hard to avoid seeing or hearing Trump, listening to what other candidates think about Trump, or being exposed to policy issues that aren’t viewed through the prism of Trump’s politics. In fact, flicking between any one of the news channels there’s little on offer besides election coverage – with Trump as the lead protagonist.
Posted on March 11, 2016
Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter! On The “Environment” Beat
24 Hours With BET Soul
Now With More Soul
1 a.m.: Speak Your Soul.
2 a.m.: The Soul Story.
3 a.m.: The Soul Player.
4 a.m.: The Soul Player.
5 a.m.: The Soul Player.
6 a.m.: The Soul Player.
Posted on February 24, 2016
Bad Girls Club vs. PBS Kids
Reported and Produced By Reese Johnson, Jamiya Smith, and Laurie Wilkes/Free Spirit Media News
“I think parents should let kids watch TV, because how [else] would they get rewarded for doing their homework?” says the adorable Harmony Pitts.
Posted on February 16, 2016
Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter! Valentine’s Day 2016
Here Comes Feely-Vision!
By Marianna Obrist/The Conversation
Imagine a party on a warm summer’s evening. You can see the beautiful greenery and the dipping sun, you can smell the freshly cut grass and taste the cool drinks on offer. You hear someone walk up behind you and feel them tap you on the shoulder. Now imagine you’re not really at the party, but sitting at home and the scene and all these sensations are coming from your TV.
Working out how television programs could one day stimulate all our senses is an interesting question for researchers like myself, who are exploring the future of TV. But the bigger, more exciting challenge is how we can not only imitate what is happening on the screen, but also use smell, taste and touch in a way that’s not a novelty and enhances the emotional experience of a show, just as a soundtrack does.
Posted on February 12, 2016
Seven Innocent People Went Undercover As Prisoners In An Indiana Jail For New TV Show
By Jill Serjeant/Reuters
Seven innocent people spent 60 days inside an Indiana jail for a TV show aimed at exposing corruption and showing what really happens behind bars.
Documentary series 60 Days In will begin airing on the A&E channel in March, the network said on Wednesday.
The seven men and women volunteers, ranging from a social worker trying to end gang violence to a military wife who feels prisoners have it easy behind bars, lived among inmates at the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana last year.
None of the jail inmates nor staff were aware they were posing as criminals or taking part in a television show.
Posted on February 11, 2016
Jonathan Pie, TV Reporter! The Truth About Teachers & Doctors
Halve Their Hours, Double Their Pay
The truth about the way the news is told.
Posted on February 10, 2016