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Tea Party Goes Openly Republican With RightNetwork
Remember back in the early days of the Tea Party “movement”, when Tea Party protests were supposed to be spontaneous, and Tea Partiers were outraged at suggestions that their events had been secretly...
View ArticleJon Stewart Fans Go To D.C. To Watch TV And Laugh At Old Jokes
Dismiss it if you will, but yesterday’s Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear demonstrated one thing very clearly: Corporate media has the power to motivate huge numbers of people to take action, even if...
View ArticleInfuriating Sherlock Holmes
I very much enjoy the actors on the British TV show Sherlock Holmes, but the season 2 finale, broadcast tonight, infuriates me. We see Sherlock Holmes cast himself off a building, and bludgeon his head...
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LG Making TVs That Will Allow NSA To Track What We Watch
Television sets have become increasingly interactive over the years, and in the abstract, that’s exciting. In execution, however, interactive technology means intrusive technology. Technology that’s...
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Why Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of A Time Travel Show?
My son and his buddies all got together this weekend to watch The Day Of The Doctor, the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who. I understand that Doctor Who long ago hit upon a formula of appealing to...
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Has Social Media Really Killed Off Traditional Media?
“Every day fewer and fewer people get breaking news from a newspaper or even TV.” — Social Media Today, “Is News Dead?” A tallyboard for historical ship replicas touring the Atlantic Coast of the U.S....
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I Can’t Wait To Roll Up My Television, Because…
This week, the Korean digital tech company LG announced that it has invented a television that can be rolled up, which is great, because, well, just think of all the other things you like to have...
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Help. Doctor Who’s Balloon Of Human Skin Has Me Retching. I Need Alternatives.
My teenage son and I have become enthusiastic fans of Doctor Who. We enjoy the imaginative settings and characters, the show’s sense of curiosity, and the unusual perspective allowed by a story with...
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Time Warner Cable Bullies Trying To Get Even Bigger
I have just spent the last 45 minutes trying to get a Time Warner Cable customer service agent to remove cable television from the services that I pay for. I use the telephone, and I use the internet...
View ArticleNoodling Nielsen Ratings
“Congratulations! Your household has been selected to take part in a one week Nielsen TV Ratings viewing survey! In a few days you will receive a phone call from us to explain this exciting...
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