David Frum’s right — Relative to the truth, the prestige press in this country has a pro-Trump bias. Relative to the truth, Trump gets easier coverage than he deserves.
Television
Politics, State Government, Television, Tony Evers, Wisconsin
Governor-Elect Evers on 12.9.18 Meet The Press
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Cats, Nature, Television
Friday Catblogging: Super Cats on PBS
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Mendacity, Press, Television, Trump
‘This is an Apple’
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“Some people might try to tell you that it’s a banana.” #FactsFirst pic.twitter.com/LbmRKiGJe9 — CNN (@CNN) October 23, 2017 I haven’t watched CNN in years, to be honest, but their promotional advertisement about Trump’s alternative facts outlook is spot on. It’s more common for me to read than to watch cable news, but my two…
America, Bigotry, Federal Government, Television, Trump
Sec. of State Tillerson Distances America from Trump
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I’m no fan of Rex Tillerson, an American Secretary of State who is a recipient — from dictator Vladimir Putin — of the Russian Order of Friendship, but even Tillerson had the sense to disclaim the stain that Trump has spread over this country. In the clip below, on Fox News, Tillerson makes clear that…
Television
Erin Gloria Ryan on Fox News
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Erin Gloria Ryan, a senior editor at The Daily Beast, writes of Fox News in light of so many harassment allegations against Fox News hosts: At this point, Fox News seems to be functioning less like a news organization with a sexism problem and more like a sexism organization with a news hobby…. For a…
Architecture, Fashion, Mendacity, Television, Trump
How The Apprentice Manufactured Trump
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The first season of The Apprentice re-introduced Donald Trump to the world as an incredibly successful and intelligent businessman—it was a hit show in 2004 and boosted the Trump brand. The show was a major opportunity for producers to create his persona and sell his image to America. How did they pull this off? And…
Foreign Affairs, Television
Cable News Never Fails to Disappoint
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Film, Television
Stranger Things References
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Television
The Walken Closet
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Culture, Television
Back to 1993
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Newspapers, Press, Radio, Social Media, Television
Brookings on ‘7 trends in old and new media’
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The liberal-leaning Brookings Institution, in a paper from Elaine Kamarck and Ashley Gabriele, offers insight into 7 trends in old and new media. Their seven observations are solid, and broadly similar to the assessments of Clay Shirky, in Last call: the end of the printed newspaper. Brookings summarizes their work: The following are seven essential truths about the news today…
Television
The X Files – Official Trailer (2015)
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Returning for a brief run in January 2016 – Fans of the X-Files may also enjoy Gillian Anderson in The Fall, as a detective superintendent searching for a serial killer in Belfast. Anderson’s character in that series is different from the one she plays on the X-Files, but no less tenacious in pursuit of her…
Television
Television: Pilot for “The Orson Welles Show”
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What might have been, and even now, what’s compelling: The Fountain of Youth is a 1956 TV pilot for a proposed Desilu TV series (with a tentative title, The Orson Welles Show) which was never produced, and was subsequently televised once, on September 16, 1958 for NBC’s Colgate Theatre. The short film was directed by…