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Cameras Don’t Lie But Video Could?

by John April 22, 2015

The video war is escalating for cops and alleged criminals. Here’s a story of a US Marshal allegedly trying to destroy a woman’s phone video she shot at a crime scene. Was the woman intruding or was the marshal trying to cover up something he did wrong? We won’t know. And we won’t know just […]

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Cameras Don’t Lie But Video Could?

by John April 22, 2015

The video war is escalating for cops and alleged criminals. Here’s a story of a US Marshal allegedly trying to destroy a woman’s phone video she shot at a crime scene. (The photo comes from the LA Times.) Was the woman intruding or was the marshal trying to cover up something he did wrong? We […]

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TV in Turmoil: Who’s Fault? You and ESPN

by John April 21, 2015

Things are changing. Hang on to your phone, tablet, laptop, and TV screen. The Comcast-Time Warner merger might be stopped or reduced. ESPN is livid with Verizon Fios for offering to unbundle TV offerings for customers but the plan excludes ESPN and ESPN 2 in the main package and not together. We live in fun […]

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Is This The Summer of Pan Arab War or World War III?

by John April 20, 2015

In Hemingway’s Farewell to Arms, a novel about World War I, the actual war only took place from spring to autumn. Winter, Mother Nature’s time of death, was the season of life in our new modern world. I always remember that since most of the world’s recent battles happen in spring and summer, or so […]

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Climbing The Tether

by John April 18, 2015

Remember this image. It might save our politics. It comes from Real TV in 1997. The video was recorded by a by-stander in British Columbia. A woman is parasailing. The wind kicks in so strong, the motorboat she is attached to can’t bring her down. She is about to hit a live high tension wire […]

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What We Should Be Hearing But Won’t From Campaign 2016

by John April 17, 2015

This was the first real week of the presidential campaign. Chris Christie is wooing them in New Hampshire. Granite state folks, we hear, are liking him again because he can take a joke about Bridge-gate. Hillary’s van tour Iowa was designed to attract Middle America and discourage big money but she announced she would need […]

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Twitter Is News Consumers Friend

by John April 17, 2015

Twitter is making it easier to get informed, be safe, and be your own journalist. If you’re not on Twitter yet, join right away. Let’s go over how to use it correctly. First, let’s talk about being informed. Twitter allows you to peruse news organizations with a wide range of philosophies and ideologies. On my […]

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GOP Candidates Not Reading NYT As Test of Candidacy?

by John April 7, 2015

The silly season gets sillier. GOP candidates are now saying they don’t read the New York Times. Here’s reality: First, they do read it – just not publicly. And they are quick to quote the New York Times stories that hurt Democrats. Second, if they really don’t then we should question their knowledge of the […]

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Rethinking Brian Williams and NBC from TV News Insider

by John February 12, 2015

We’re talking about the fall-out from fake news on Informed Not Inflamed radio. Listen here. Brian Williams is suspended for 6 months from NBC News and my old buddy Michael Horowicz has an insider’s take. He thinks Williams and NBC deserve blame. Clearly the age of Walter Cronkite is gone. See if you agree. Michael […]

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America’s Favorite Pastime: Victimhood?

by John February 10, 2015

This is the script/notes from my radio commentary on victimhood. You can listen here. This concept has been rolling around in my head for a few weeks. It seems that the media concentrates too much on the sporting event of politics (that’s where the money is) and not on the solutions. But I also think […]

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