I can understand why words construed as product placement serve the interest of the corporation or the state, but they don’t “enhance” or “empower” people.
Transgender people take an overwhelmingly disproportionate amount of abuse and harassment. That's why it's awesome when they're depicted positively on TV.
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. April 12, 2012.
The GOP candidates, flattered nonstop for years on Fox, suddenly found themselves competing for the channel's attention and fighting for kingmaker Roger Ailes' affection.
Paul Waldman, The American Prospect. March 1, 2012.
Can Hartmann reach the top echelon of political media while retaining a sensibility that finds the work of organizers more compelling than senators and congressmen?
Media consolidation narrows the range of channels and views; a few high-profile cable entrepreneurs like Magic Johnson and Sean "Puffy" Combs won't change that.
Bill Moyers, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Moyers & Company. February 22, 2012.
Bill Moyers talks with media critic Kathleen Hall Jamieson about money in politics, the media's missteps and the way the GOP's jeers shape debate results.
Last week, the first Occupy Wall Street TV ad began airing on channels including Fox News and ESPN. Here's what the director of the ad has to say about it.
Newly published research suggests nuggets of misinformation embedded in a fictional television program can seep into our brains and lodge there as perceived facts.
Buffy has been acclaimed as great TV feminism, where Dollhouse has been routed for the opposite. But have critics of the latter been too quick to dismiss its feminism?
