And then, talking about petty visual putdowns by the WH where Netanyahu is concerned....
Continue ReadingI remember Afsaneh, quite matter-of-factly pointing to the portrait of Obama and asking: "You know what this photo is showing, don't you?"
Continue ReadingWe conclude our series remembering Chris Hondros: Tyler Hicks, Darren McCollester, Shannon Stapleton, James Pomerantz, and Bruno Stevens. Additional photos and videos by Tim Fadek, Mark Ovaska, and Alan Chin.
Continue ReadingMaybe the real discussion we should be having here, especially after a member of Congress was attacked and maimed in Tucson this year, is not just how to elevate the discussion and encourage a more constructive atmosphere in Washington and in the media, but, bottom-line, how to physically protect...
Continue ReadingAt a moment when the American government compromised by the pro-business White House makeover and the amount of leverage China has when it comes to American finance, why mess with WeiWei?
Continue ReadingOne more scene of the normalization of life in Afghanistan. It appeared prominently at nearly every one of the mainstream media slideshows that I visited, Only one, though, seemed to have challenged the theme of normalcy.
Continue ReadingWhy anybody, especially the media, would even bat an eye over yesterday's disclosure of Schwarzenegger's love child and at least a ten year infidelity occurring right under the nose of his wife and his family is ludicrous.
Continue ReadingIf NewsBeast is ultimately interested in playing every angle and buttering up everybody while building its own brand, it does so perfectly here.
Continue ReadingThe fact that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists had to state that the plan wasn't an April Fool's joke is telling.
Continue ReadingGiven the media’s complicity in the production of a pseudo-debate between The Donald and Obama, one thing we can be sure of heading into Campaign 2012 is that no criticisms of news-as-infotainment will be heeded.
Continue ReadingBecause we're not facing an uncontrolled chain reaction or "China Syndrome," even though the fuel melted through the reactor and permeates that "Olympic swimming pool," nothing to worry about. (Yeah, tell the neighbors.)
Continue ReadingSo great is the push to see everything that went down in Abbottabad, CBS News has turned the raid into what looks like the first draft of a video game.
Continue ReadingIt’s not clear what the public’s reaction will be to Japan’s "final solution," but besides devastating animal activist and lovers worldwide, it will fulfill the aim of not just eliminating the irradiated animals, but also the problem of the photos.
Continue ReadingIt is often noted that the story remains invisible because radiation is invisible, and that the photos and video being released by TEPCO are overly technical, as well. Well, I'm not buying it.
Continue Reading…Including, the barely recooked Reagan re-branding; the requisite shot of Lower Manhattan (the camera panning in as fast as a speeding plane); Tea Party rage (and even some anti-Tea Party and anti-Palin rage); three big Tea Party celebrities; the appropriation of Main Street; some early revolutionaries; and also the...
Continue ReadingAre there any comparisons to be drawn to reality here, or has bin Laden affair jumped the shark?
Continue ReadingWhat makes the photo is not just the reflection how each of us operates in our own slick little bubble, it’s how the picture employs that cute, deadpan, playfully innocent, forever-young, candy-colored and ultimately addictive-like-crack Silicon Valley style and tone these days to do it. (photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP...
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