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The Media Scrum
Doing what the Vandals did to Rome.
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Media Whores and TV Pimps
Ann Coulter. Ann Media Whore Coulter. I rarely give her the time or effort. She has been debunked, rebuked, proven to be a plagiarist…and she makes millions off of a contrived persona as an unapologetic right-wing extremist. Contrived. Yes, I think it is all marketing. Marketing of her books and persona, and she throws red…
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Wolf Gets Blitzered
Wolf Goddamn Blitzer. One annoying hack, added liberally to a stew of almost-news on CNN, CNN–the network that brought you an exclusive interview between Larry King of Starf*cking and Paris Hilton and, in turn, gave your the “Breaking News” headline “Paris is Now Boring.” I swear. I saw it. Or yesterday…on the whatever-his-name-is Pro Wrestler…
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So-called Journalists got a lot of (Soft)Balls
I think there were “good ‘ol days” when it comes to media/journalism/reporting. Yes, many incredibly important stories never quite made it into the media over the decades since cathode ray tubes invaded America’s homes, but there was some sense of “the news,” of the need to ask tough questions and to report. Now, it’s mostly…
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Media-ocracy: Aren’t You as Mad as Hell?
What is news? And why do we just call the whole damn blathering mess “the media”? Is the message the media itself, as Marshall McLuhan famously said? God help us if it is…because the media is morass of prurient details, bogus scarefests and misanthropic misdirections. It’s hard to find “news” in between all those Astronauts…