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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Does the New York Times have a pervasive progressive world view? Outgoing public editor thinks so. Exec editor, not so much…. (via Mediaite) Where did the Internet come from? A bit more on the general who got frustrated trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 15, Chapter 6
Tagged Because I can, questions
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Truth #3 – George Carlin moves to the center (NSFW language)
More than 40 years ago, George Carlin started explaining to us all the intimate details of the 7 dirty words you can’t say on television. In addition to being very funny and very rude, his routine also illustrates how someone … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1
Tagged Secret 3, Seven Truths, Truth 3
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Some great back-to-school videos
In addition to this blog, I also run a Tumblr at http://ralphehanson.tumblr.com. I use that to post quotes, photos, videos and the like with little comment or context. Here are a few videos I’ve posted there lately that would make … Continue reading
#1 Party School
The Princeton Review has continued to release its list of university “honors” this week in an effort to promote its annual college guide. Most notorious of these is the “Top Party School” list which no university wants to find itself … Continue reading
Comment Updates
If anyone has tried to comment in the last month, chances are your words got lost in the sea of comment spam that has been inundating the blog. As of today I have added new anti-spam tools, including the ever … Continue reading
Posted in Site News
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And we are back with new Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
After a month or so summer break, Living in a Media world is back with some fresh Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) Will there be an all-female group of Expendables in the third outing? Please, please, please, with Helen Mirren at … Continue reading
Link Ch. 3 – News Corporation Splitting in Two
In the summer of 2012, News Corporation announced that it was planning to split the company in two. One company would be devoted to publishing, the other to film and television. Watch this space for updates.
Posted in Book Link, Chapter 3
Tagged media business, News Corp
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Link Ch. 1 – Who’s doing the communicating? Fox and CNN get health care decision wrong; everyone turns to blog for accurate news
Among my Seven Truths They Don’t Want You To Know About the Media is Truth #2 -There are no mainstream media (MSM). Of course we have big and small media; however, we use all kinds of media and our old … Continue reading
Link Ch. 3 – 8 Years Later – Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction Case
Eight years ago, singer Janet Jackson exposed her breast for 9/16ths of a second. As a result, broadcast network CBS was fined more than half a million dollars and a near-decade long battle over what could or could not be … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 3, Chapter 9
Tagged first amendment, Janet Jackson, legal issues, media law
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McDonald’s Urban Ad – 1976
An “urban ad” for McDonald’s from 1976. Somethings are better left forgotten…. (Thanks to BuzzFeed for finding this!)