The Federal Communications Commission proposed a fine of $1.4 million against ABC TV and several of its affiliates for showing obscene material. According to FCC Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate:
Our action today should serve as a reminder to all broadcasters that Congress and American families continue to be concerned about protecting children from harmful material and [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Mooning the FCC
Posted in Media, Politics on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Welch’s Promises of Accountability Up in Smoke
Posted in Politics, Vermont on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today over on his Salon.com blog, Glenn Greenwald once again highlighted the ineptitude of the Democratic-led Congress in dealing with the corrupt, law-breaking White House, here. This put me in mind of Peter Welch’s response to Vermont citizens calling for Bush and Cheney’s impeachment last spring. Welch is Vermont’s freshman Representative. Here’s a quote from [...]
Dead Too Young
Posted in Media, Politics on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t say I was a big fan of Heath Ledger. I’ve seen a few of his films, and he impressed me as a fine young actor. His death is sad. I want to comment on the coverage of his death. You can view the removal of his body in a body bag on the [...]
Cynicism in Washington? That’s Right!
Posted in Media, Politics on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I consider myself a cynic. And a pretty good one at that. But my level of cynicism pales in comparison to that of our political journalists. Case in point: Today I read a posting over at truthdig.com by Eugene Robinson, a columnist for the Washington Post. Titled “What’s Gotten Into Bill,” the piece asserts that [...]
Herd mentality
Posted in Media, Politics on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These two clips from Jon Stewart tell you all you need to know about the media’s herd mentality:
Gloves Off
Race Card
Unprofessional Journalist
Posted in Media on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, Glenn Greenwald, who writes a blog on Salon.com, wrote a short, but biting entry entitled “McCain spokesman John King of CNN.” His basic premise is this:
If you wanted to create a parody simultaneously mocking the drooling vapidity of our media stars and their giggly collective crush on John McCain, it would be impossible to [...]
Tears for Fears
Posted in Politics on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The outcome of tomorrow’s New Hampshire primary probably won’t determine who the nominees will be, but it will likely weed out a few more of the candidates. I have given money to support the candidacy of Bill Richardson, though I never expected him to have a chance to carve his way into the media’s consciousness [...]
Happy New Year
Posted in Politics, Sports on January 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So it is now 2008! Seems not all that long ago that we were all wondering what would become of us come Y2K. Of course, we thought the disaster lurking around the corner was in our technological infrastructure, but as it turns out the real disaster was George W. Bush, who would “win” the presidential [...]
