Tag: Media
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‘severe visibility’
from 9/11 blogger: The morning of September 11, 2001, Paul Cross was at the White House for part of the post-production work of his film “Follow the Leader,”a documentary about the everyday life of the President of the United States. On September 12th Paul visited the Pentagon. He saw that the damage to the building,…
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‘simspons’ on the difference between fox news & fox network
from raw story: In this video clip from The Simpsons, as Homer stares mesmerized at the set, Lisa asks the eternal question: “How can Fox News be so conservative when the Fox Network keeps airing raunchy shows? They don’t fit together.” The explanation she gets from right-wing Springfield tv news personality Kent Brockman is, “Fox…
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travolta attacks bbc over scientology exposé
from daily mail: John Travolta has launched a bitter attack on a veteran BBC reporter over a Panorama film that exposes the methods used by Scientology and questions whether it is a “brainwashing cult”. The Hollywood star has written to Corporation chiefs accusing journalist John Sweeney of venting “personal prejudices, bigotry and animosity” and harbouring…
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no one says ‘9/11.’ no one needs to.
from ny times: On Tina Fey’s NBC sitcom “30 Rock,” recently, her character, the fictional NBC producer Liz Lemon, settles in with friends to watch the network’s “Salute to Fireworks” in Rockefeller Plaza. As marching-band music plays, they see explosions and smoke rising over a monolithic high-rise tower in New York. “Oh boy,” Liz says…
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cnn accidentally airs ‘bush resigns’
from media bistro: Following up on this post, it did happen.Here’s a screen grab from CNN International around midnight ET… This appeared on screen for 12 seconds. (Two seconds before, President Bush had appeared on screen, but the chyron accurately said “Pressure over Iraq.”)
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news on the march
full-scale mock terror exercises may 10-18from lone star iconoclast: The Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Jennings County is center stage in Southern Indiana, as the nation’s first full-scale homeland defense preparedness exercise with active forces gets under way May 10-18. Three disasters comprise the package of terror events to be addressed over several states, including…
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bruce willis says jfk killers still in power
from propaganda matrix: In a new magazine interview, Bruce Willis spills the beans on his skepticism that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK, and suggests that the some of the same criminals who killed Kennedy are still in power today. “They still haven’t caught the guy that killed [President] Kennedy,” Willis…
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i’d buy that for a dollar: approaching ‘robocop’ world
from freedom in our time: When I saw that film twenty years ago, it struck me as uncannily prophetic. (I speak of the original, not the pointless sequels.) Of all the dystopian visions available in literature and on film, RoboCop (directed by Paul Verhoeven, a Dutchman) created an uncannily plausible vision of American totalitarianism –…
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disney channel porn
from democratic underground/cbs4: Many New Jersey residents watching the Disney Channel Tuesday morning were outraged after the family-friendly programming turned into a pornographic display. Jennie Sherman still can’t believe what happened while she was watching the show “Handy Manny” with her two twin sons. “We were just sitting here and the screen just froze and…
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there are racists all over the media
from air america radio: Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, and Michael Savage prove that racism, sexism and bigotry exist in our media on a daily basis. Why isn’t there the outrage over their comments? Why aren’t they fired? Why Imus?
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bill o’reilly is a jfk truther
from 9/11 blogger: Bill O’Reilly, when he was on Inside Edition, reports on Oswald’s association with the CIA. Gee Bill, here you are spouting a conspiracy theory! That’s unamerican. Why do you hate this country, you two-faced hypocrite? I’m not saying that you should be fired. I’m saying that Fox News has a BIG problem.…
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conspiracy theory or marketing for nine inch nails?
from mtv: A dystopian civilization in the throes of extinction. A government poisoning its own citizens through the drinking water. Military police raiding private residences. The end of civil liberties. The creation of a Church-State. Mind control. The contents of some conspiracy theorist’s personal manifesto? The plot of a rote first-person shooter? The results of…
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captain america dead at 89
from afp/raw story: Captain America, the comic book superhero with a penchant for figure-hugging body suits in red, white and blue, has died at the age of 89, shot dead in New York… felled by a sniper’s bullet on the steps of a Manhattan court house. “Breaking news: Few details are clear at this time,…
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militainment inc: the militarization of pop culture
from roger stahl: Militainment, Inc. is a nine-part critical investigation of the militarization of popular culture. The pieces of the puzzle – from video games to reality TV – combine to form a larger picture of the integration of entertainment and military affairs. The film asks: How has war taken its place as an entertainment…
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what if everything we thought we knew about 9/11 was wrong?
from arizona nbc12: Hundreds of people from across the country descend on a Chandler resort to challenge popular beliefs about 9/11. What many people consider to be the most devastating attack ever on Americans is also the government’s greatest lie, according to many attending the 9/11 Accountability Conference. One person told us she feels like…