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The Victim Syndrome

July 28, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Obama on The View: Playing by the New Media Rules

July 27, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania has gone after President Obama for deciding to appear on the daytime talk show “The View”: I think there’s got to be a little bit of dignity to the presidency. [...] I think there are some shows. I wouldn’t put him on “Jerry Springer,” too, right? … I think the [...]

Crisis of Capitalism

June 29, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Jules Marshall posted a must watch animation from RSA Comment: …radical sociologist David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism, towards a new social order that would allow us to live within a system that could be responsible, just and humane. Very much worth watching. My comments are below the video. The [...]

Be Careful With That Axe, Jim Hoft

March 4, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Jim Hoft, the last great American Patriot in America gets all litigious on Al Gore: A seven-month old baby girl survived a shot to the chest after her parents shot themselves and their two-year-old in a global warming murder-suicide pact. [...] Someone should sue Al Gore. He played on their fears and now a whole [...]

The MediaSquat: Michael Jackson Almost Crashed the Internet

September 21, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

A segment that I wrote and produced for The Media Squat with Douglas Rushkoff on WFMU 91.1 FM on Michael Jackson as media star and hacker. During the show, Douglas has an interesting conversation with Paul Krassner that touches on how issue oriented satire has changed over time from Lenny Bruce to Jon Stewart, conspiracy [...]

webuzz: ted hope, yoko ono…

September 1, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

A few links worth sharing…. Truly Free Film: Plea To The New Generation: Embrace Transmedia Storytelling! – Ted Hope links to a great article on the future of film making. The world is changing, the mediascape is changing to be sure, but there are opportunities. It makes me smile knowing kindred spirits are out there! [...]

webuzz: obama, racism, media and other stuff

July 24, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

Weekend reading list…. Matthew Yglesias » Bias, Racism, Being a Jerk, and Abuse of Power – Good insights… Peter Daou: White Cop, Black Professor, Bi-Racial President: An Explosive Media Combination Even more good insights… You Hate Journalism? It WAS the Hiring Practice…Stupid. – Good article on how bad media became bad… Feeling the Wrath of [...]

Jon Stewart destroys Lou Dobbs and the “birthers”

July 24, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

The Birther Movement is Racism

July 23, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

The “birther” movement is an extreme right wing disinformation campaign that proffers the idea that President Obama is not a US citizen, and was born abroad in Kenya. Here’s the rub: there are no actual facts to support this claim, rather the disinfo subsists on a form of cognitive dissonance – denial – and is [...]

webuzz: right wing disinfo watch

June 16, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

While conservatives can’t seem to govern, they know who to sling propaganda with the best of them. The current theme is twofold: right wingers are the victims, and anything bad that happens, liberals are to blame for it. A few examples plucked from the interwebs… Beck and Goldberg team up to claim that James von [...]

conservative vs conservative

June 11, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

You can’t make this stuff up…. mixed messages from the once mighty wurlitzer. Karl Rove: Maureen Dowd is “twisted, deranged“. Former White House adviser Karl Rove lashed out at New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Fox News Channel Wednesday, saying Dowd was a “nasty, snarky person” with a “twisted, bitter little heart.” “I think [...]

webuzz: health care, rights, swine flu, domestic terror…

June 11, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

Links of the day: Why So Scared of a Public Plan? Miranda On The Battlefield So… Now It’s A Pandemic? Bill O’Reilly wonders why Dr. Tiller’s supporters want to protect their anonymity