Where’s the line between news and decency? Is there such a thing especially in this world of social media? On the night of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., a woman named Aline Marie attended a prayer vigil at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, which was packed with local residents and the media. After Read MoreRead More
How do you break through the white noise of Entertainment News? With a catchy title and and a little bit of drama – Quentin Tarantino and the cast of Django Unchained (Samuel L Jackson did it here) seem to be playing a complacent media masterfully as witness in this confrontational interview with Channel 4 journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy.Read More
Going back to a segment run on the “Today” show, in May, 1984, here’s an interview with a woman who insists that her toaster is possessed. Heree’s the entire segment from which this is from. Read More
Could this be a glimpse into the future of film and 3d effects?Read More
A solid case for fair use bows to the pressures of the internet.Read More
Yesterday we posted an article about how CNN fired editors and photojournalists because amateurs will work for free. Today to be “fair and balanced” we bring you an article on how Rupert Murdoch, owner of News Corp. and FOX News, basically blackmail artist Charlotte Church into working for free.Read More
CNN lays off 50 staff members, claiming that pro-sumer technologies and social media have made some editing and photojournalism positions redundant. Read More
Reason.tv looks at how law enforcement is playing on the public’s ignorance of the laws to prevent citizens from recording in public.
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Behind the strike that killed Osama bin Laden on May 1st was one of the U.S. military’s best kept secrets: an extraordinary campaign by elite U.S. soldiers to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. A six-month investigation by FRONTLINE has gone inside the “kill/capture” program to discover new evidence of the program’s impact — and its costs.Read More
Everything old is new again – and again – and again until the Box Office dries up and then we need to call it a reboot. Yes, that’s the ticket.Read More
Filmmaker Brian Springer spent a year scouring the airwaves with a satellite dish grabbing back channel news feeds not intended for public consumption. The result of his research is SPIN, one of the most insightful films ever made about the mechanics of how television is used as a tool of social control to distort and limit the American public’s perception of reality.Read More
Netflix is shutting down a unit (Red Envelope Entertainment) that invested in low-budget films and documentaries intended to appeal to Netflix customers, according to Bloomberg. …Red Envelope employed four people and “a few folks will be moving on,” spokesman Steve Swasey said. Los Gatos, California- based Netflix is the world’s largest Web-based video-rental store, with Read MoreRead More
