Weiner documentary review: the unchecked narcissism of politics
Hugely watchable cautionary tale of Shakespearean proportions about 21st-century politics. Beautifully, nastily perfect in its ironies and twists.
MSNBC
Best of Enemies documentary review: “the practice of malice”
A brilliant, hilarious, exhilarating look at the Gore Vidal v. William F. Buckley paradigm-busting 1968 debates that changed TV journalism for the worse.
“just give up, stop complaining, accept idiocy as inevitable”
That seems to be what Tim Goodman at The Hollywood Reporter is saying. Fuck that shit…
how much coverage of SOPA have you seen in the mainstream American media?
The corporations whose lobbyists are responsible for SOPA and PROTECT IP are the same corporations who run the mainstream news media. It is not in their best interest to tell you about all the things happening that will affect you.
note to journalists: when the people in power don’t like your tone, you’re doing something right
Cenk Uygur was a host for an MSNBC news talk show. MSNBC let him go this week because he was not sufficiently deferential to the power structures in Washington.
question of the weekend: How do you cope with the worst of summer’s heat?
I am so glad not to be in New York City right now.
incontrovertible proof that mainstream journalism thinks you’re dumb, and dumbs its shit down for you
Ho. Lee. Shit: “Christiane Amanpour Uses Such A Fancy Word, ABC Has To Define It In A Graphic”…
wtf: Keith Olbermann off the air?!
Is it time to be scared yet?
watch it: Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart have a civilized discussion about journalism
If TV can look like this as a rarity, surely it can look like this more often.
the end of torture porn?; the end of the Internet?; what TV viewers want more of (and what they’re going to get instead); more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
