Articles tagged with: Media
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You remember why we went to war in the first place, even? A reminder: it was because the American people were sold on the idea that Saddam Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. And in a post-9/11 world, that wouldn’t stand! The only thing that would stand was crazy over-reaction to everything! Actual weapons inspectors kept telling us that they couldn’t find any WMDs
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After the recent Fort Hood shootings, right wing pundits called for Muslims in the military to be investigated and in some cases barred from the military.
Imagine If an Arab or Islamic person with military training, who referred to himself as a terrorist and made several videos calling for the downfall of the U.S. government, was [...]
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While we’re on the topic of traversing the aesthetic distance between comedic satire and reality, why not check in with Glynnis MacNicol over at Mediaite — who dug out an interesting question from Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari’s account of …
Entertainment, Featured »
The battle lines are being drawn in the Redbox wars. Warner Bros. joined Universal and Fox in their refusal to immediately offer newly released DVDs via Redbox’s $1-per-flick rental kiosks. Warner Bros. said starting in October all new releases will be embargoed from Redbox for 28 days after they arrive in stores, and that it also wants a cut of revenue from mail-order DVD companies like Netflix in exchange for providing DVDs on their release dates.
Earlier this week Lions Gate Entertainment inked a five-year deal with Redbox to provide its …
