Author Archives: Ralph Hanson

Some great back-to-school videos

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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#1 Party School

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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Comment Updates

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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And we are back with new Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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Link Ch. 3 – News Corporation Splitting in Two

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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.

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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

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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Link Ch. 3 – 8 Years Later – Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction Case

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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McDonald’s Urban Ad – 1976

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

An “urban ad” for McDonald’s from 1976.  Somethings are better left forgotten…. (Thanks to BuzzFeed for finding this!)

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Link Ch. 13 – Supreme Court rules that FCC fines for language, nudity were given without proper notice

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that broadcasters did not have to pay fines levied by the FCC for fleeting expletives or brief nudity because the FCC had not provided sufficient warning that there would be penalties. The court had … Continue reading →

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Ch. 10 Link – Hitler Finds Out About Parody Fair Use

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

If you read this blog at all, (or even go on the Internet at all) you have to be familiar with the “Hitler Finds Out About…” meme. People take the excellent German film Downfall in which Hitler gets angry and frustrated, and … Continue reading →

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