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SPORT / Dave Zirin : Fox Be Damned, It Was a People’s Victory
Packers fans. Image from D.Fox be damned:Why a Packers victory is a people’s victory By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2011 The 2011 Super Bowl was between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers — … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Zirin, Green Bay Packers, Sports, Super Bowl, Television
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Ed Felien : Jon Stewart, Meet George W. Bush
In defense of the Left,with love to Jon Stewart In trying to appear a moderate, Stewart criticized the right for its attacks on Obama and the left for accusing Bush of being a war criminal and comparing him to Hitler. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Comedians, Ed Felien, Fascism, George W. Bush, Jon Stewart, Nazi Germany, Social Action, Television
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‘TV Everywhere’ : Pulling the Plug on Web-Based Video?
Say goodbye to free online television:Comcast launches ‘TV Everywhere’By Josh Silver / January 6, 2010 On Monday, public interest groups called on federal authorities to investigate a plan by the largest cable, satellite and phone companies that threatens the future … Continue reading
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Tagged Cable Television, Comcast, Digital Media, Internet, Monopolies, Television
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Houston : Walter Cronkite’s Map
Now it’s Dan’s By Dan Earhart / The Rag Blog / July 20, 2009 Here is my work space. The map has no roads. I look at it every day. It used to hang in the KTRH newsroom in Houston … Continue reading
Look for It : The Unemployment Channel
TALL Funding Proposal A-0001: The Unemployment Channel (UC) By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2009 Ah, the common folk. How we do pile up. Come May Day 2009 there will be about 14 million unemployed, twice … Continue reading
Star Trek and the ‘Prime Directive’ : We’re Still Meddling
Star Trek’s post-cold war, multi-ethnic, multi-gender and multi-specie crew: early imperialist warriors or noble seekers?Aboard the Imperial Star Ship Ameriprise…Heading for the Final Frontier By William Astore / March 27, 2009 I grew up in the 1970s on reruns of … Continue reading
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Tagged Diversity, Imperialism, Popular Culture, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
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FOX and MSNBC : Waging Ideological Warfare on the Boob Toob
Class struggle lives on cable TVBy Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 2, 2008 See ‘A Surge on One Channel, a Tight Race on Another,’ by Jim Rutenberg; and a comment by The Rag Blog’s Thorne Dreyer, Below. … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable News, Fox News, Keith Olbermann, Marketing, Media Bias, MSNBC, Partisan Politics, Racism, Right Wing Media, Television
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Censorship Revisited : Tommy Smothers Gets his Due
Tommy Smothers overlooking a valley in his Sonoma vineyard – he still gets together with brother Dick to perform their routine. Photo by Kim Komenich / San Francisco ChronicleTommy Smothers: ‘I dedicate this Emmy to all people who feel compelled … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Censorship, Comics, Entertainers, Freedom of Speech, Peace Movement, Sixties, Smothers Brothers, Television, Tommy Smothers, Vietnam
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McCain Cancels, Letterman Pissed!
Letterman: ‘I’ll find him.’ Photo © James Devaney, WireImage.com.Letterman says McCain’s disappearing act not funnyBy Bill Carter / September 24, 2008 See Video Below. Senator John McCain may have disappointed many expectant voters and debate viewers with the decision to … Continue reading
Houston TV Web Sites Draw World Viewers to Ike Coverage
‘The four local stations in Houston used the Internet to extend their reach, streaming their exhaustive coverage online and drawing viewers around the world’By Brian Stelter / September 21, 2008 See ‘Coping with Ike by using a full charge of … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Houston, Hurricane Ike, Internet, Media, Television, Texas
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Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live
‘Fey stood beside her good friend and fellow castmate Amy Poehler, whose Hillary Clinton has been one of the high points of recent “SNL” history’ By Maureen Ryan / September 14, 2008 See Video and transcript, below. As it used … Continue reading
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Tagged Actresses, Entertainers, Hillary, Humor, Parody, Politics, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Satire, Saturday Night Live, Television, Tina Fey, Video
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MUSIC : Toby Keith’s Ode to Lynching
‘Hang them high in the street / For all the people to see’By Max Blumenthal / July 29, 2008 Despite his background as a comedian, Stephen Colbert is known by many of the authors who have appeared on his show … Continue reading
