Digital TV Transition
Don’t forget that the digital transition will be happening soon. This clip below still cracks me up!
Read MoreLook Around You
I saw this post on the Wired blog recently. Apparently, there is a new show that is debuting tomorrow on Cartoon Network called “Look Around You.” The show is designed to poke fun at all the instructional videos from the 70s and 80s that were shown in schools. Below, you’ll find an excerpt of one that aired in Britain. I’m actually pretty interested to see how the US show stacks up to the British...
Read MoreProblems I Have with Fox News
So, as I was driving home, I was listening to Fox News and realized a bit why I don’t like the channel. Check out this post, by Seth Godin about “Polite Fiction.” I think that Fox News suffers from this same problem, however, they use the polite fiction to the extreme. For example, as they broke for commercial, the announcer mentioned that they are “the most powerful name in news.” I think that’s taking it overboard in the polite fiction department. I actually think that some of the coverage that Fox gives is decent, and I actually would be inclined to...
Read More“Reality” TV
So, for all of you who wanted to know if “reality” TV is really real… It appears that parents of the kids who were filmed for MTV’s Laguna Beach are pretty unhappy with the network. What’s worse is that some of the viewers of the show really do allow it to influence their behavior. There are fans of the show who now travel out to Laguna Beach to try and see glimpses of the kids as they are getting into arguments and fighting. Interested in knowing more, check out the NYT article. (Thanks,...
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