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Pat Buchanan Out, Melissa Harris-Perry In at MSNBC

January 10, 2012 By admin Leave a Comment

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There are some big changes happening at MSNBC. Melissa Harris-Perry will host her own weekend show on the network, starting in February. Harris-Perry is a professor of political science at Tulane University, where she is founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South. She’s also the author of Sister Citizen: [...]

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Hurry to See Borgen: A Ten-Part Series Political Drama

November 6, 2011 By Walter G. Moss Leave a Comment

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For several more days (until November 11) viewers may see for free episode one of Borgen, the 2010 award-winning Danish political drama, which was first shown on Link TV in the United States on October 29th. Since I do not receive Link TV on my cable package, I watched it via my computer—all episodes are [...]

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Reality in Real Life Is Not Television

November 4, 2011 By Anthnony Asadullah Samad Leave a Comment

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It’s interesting that the conflictions of society are the real events of the day. Reality is playing out right in front of our eyes. What America thinks is “reality,” these days, is not really reality…it’s entertainment. This new entertainment genre is the dominant genre on television. We love to see people eat things and get [...]

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Sex Slavery: Now, That’s a Laugh

November 2, 2011 By Jim Rhodes 1 Comment

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About 40 years ago I heard Bob Hope tell a joke. The punch line was about some guy who had psoriasis. Within hours outraged psoriasis patients demanded an apology. Hope apologized and to my knowledge never told a similar joke for the rest of his life. Also “cruelty jokes” were popular until they became politically [...]

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To Say the N-Word or Not Say the N-Word: The Unfortunate Unending Question

October 20, 2011 By Jamekaa Flowers 3 Comments

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Media sites around the nation were recently on fire with video clips of The View’s, Barbara Walters’ use of the “n-word” while discussing the controversy among her peers regarding Governor Rick Perry’s hunting camp, which is reported as having the name “N-head.” Famous actress, comedian, and one of The View’s correspondents, Whoopi Goldberg initiated the ensuing heated conversation [...]

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Booze, Schmooze, No News: The “Today” Show Fourth Hour

October 7, 2011 By Walter M. Brasch Leave a Comment

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The most important media story this past week is that the Kardashians were guest co-hosts on the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today” show. One Kardashian sister per day, plus mother Kris and stepdad Bruce Jenner. It isn’t bad enough that talk shows, which have descended into a morass of being publicity mills for celebrity hucksters, [...]

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The Mugging of SpongeBob SquarePants

September 16, 2011 By Walter M. Brasch 1 Comment

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SpongeBob SquarePants may be hazardous to your mental development—if you’re a four-year-old. At least that’s what two psychologists at the University of Virginia claim, based upon a study they conducted that may have as many holes as the average sponge who lives under the sea. In the first paragraph of an article published this week [...]

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Chaz Comes Out Dancing

September 1, 2011 By Rev. Irene Monroe 2 Comments

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As the only child of world renowned pop duo Sonny and Cher Bono, many of us remember Chaz as their cherub-faced daughter Chastity, blowing kisses to the audience of her parents top-rated variety television show “Sonny & Cher.” In 1995, Chaz was outed as a lesbian. But this time Chaz is in control, and on [...]

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The Curious Case of Curt Flood

July 25, 2011 By Anthnony Asadullah Samad 1 Comment

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HBO Documentary Misses The Point Before I start this rant (and it’s gonna be a RANT)…I want to say one thing; Curt Flood deserves to be in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. If you come away with nothing else in this commentary, I want you to come away with the man that challenged major [...]

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25 Years of the O(prah) Effect: Will Oprah-mania Turn to Oprah-ssion

June 10, 2011 By Anthnony Asadullah Samad 1 Comment

The end of a staple in American pop culture culminated this month with the Oprah Winfrey show calling it a day. After 25 years, pop culture icon, Oprah Winfrey, decided to end her daily talk show and concentrate on her cable channel, the OWN (Oprah Winfrey) network. It wasn’t just the end of a talk [...]

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