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By Shoq, on March 9th, 2010
Driven to desperation by the actions of the vicious terrorist Markos Moulitsas, often likened to the infamous death panel inventor, Carlos the Jackal, agent Jack Bauer rigs up an explosive "Uber Rendition Vest (URV)," as ordered by his CTU Commander, Liz Cheney.
Immediately after photo was taken, Bauer triggers the URV,
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By Shoq, on March 6th, 2010
Who Says: Narrative Authority In a Fragmented World
Jay Rosen tweeted this seminal post by Megan Garber, articulating what the web and digital media are doing to authority memes and journalism's role in this bizarre new world.
Since the need to manage the tangled and competing taxonomic hierarchies of such a Narrative Big Brother has been
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By Shoq, on March 3rd, 2010
NOI's Joel Silberman explains that the media doesn't really want you very well informed.
You need to watch this twice.
You need to watch this twice.
Related
Be sure you see these pages. I have a LOT of material on these subjects, much of which you may not see too well organized elsewhere.
By Shoq, on March 1st, 2010
The Fox wingnut soap opera 24, has cast a middle east suicide bombing terrorist character (with an American mother… who won't arouse suspicion) who curiously enough, bears a very strong physical and facial resemblance to DailyKos founder, Markos Moulitsas. The actor's name is Rami Malek.
Oh, and funny thing: The character's name is "Markos." Must be
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By Shoq, on March 1st, 2010
Back in the summer of 2007, Josh Silver's FreePress.org, and the Center for American Progress published a very important, and little discussed report called
The Structural Imbalance of Talk Radio
It found that:
In the spring of 2007 of the 257 news/talk stations owned by the top
five commercial station owners reveals that 91 percent of the total
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By Shoq, on February 1st, 2010
My Definitions
Please visit each of these, and "vote them thumbs up?" Takes just two clicks.
By Shoq, on January 19th, 2010
I always forget about this gem. Twitter just reminded me of it.
Everyone needs to watch this 3 times, and then remember these words:
"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."
R.I.P. George Carlin. We never really appreciated you in your time. We miss you and
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By Shoq, on October 28th, 2009
VIDEO: Rise Of The Conservative Media
Media Matters releases new video showing right-wing media's leading role in driving movement. Very powerful, and more than a little scary. I really hope @mmfa will start releasing stuff like this far more regularly. It's way past time we take the fight to the Conservative agenda, instead of waiting
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By Shoq, on October 24th, 2009
Enough is enough. Just tune in to Twitter’s #tcot hashtag on any given day, and the nitwittery about “the liberal media” flows like pus from a lanced boil. It may seem like old news to some, but the fact is, the Conservative/Corporate dominance of our media is still one of the single greatest threats to
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By Shoq, on October 24th, 2009
"I admit it — the liberal media were never that powerful, and the whole thing was often used as an excuse by conservatives for conservative failures." William Kristol, New Yorker, 5/22/95
Articles and Essays
The Price of the Liberal Media "Indeed, if an honest history of this era is ever written, one of
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