Friday, September 3, 2010

The Great Media Bias

August 13, 2010 by Kristina Bjorkman  
Filed under Culture, Media, TV

The Great Media Bias

The nightly news, well more accurately, the nightly, morning, daily, and incessant news, is a very deceptive thing, and the information age has made it possible for this deception to become an even more pervasive and insidious element in our society. Despite the talk about unbiased reporting and so on and so forth, the reporting [...]

FoxNews Needs More Plain Women

July 28, 2010 by Goose Nissley  
Filed under Featured, Media, TV

FoxNews Needs More Plain Women

I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that our culture is obsessed with beautiful people. I realize this is not groundbreaking information. However, this obsession has now seeped into the delivery of our information. People are now being hired to report the news based on the way they look. FoxNews is [...]

The Humorous Revolutionary Dodge Commercial

July 14, 2010 by Goose Nissley  
Filed under Culture, Featured, TV, Video Picks

The Humorous Revolutionary Dodge Commercial

There’s been a run of oddly pleasant moving picture advertisements of late! The first time I saw this one I did the whole, ‘Did that really just happen?!’…

Academic Pursuits: minute-by-minute at the Hollywood Love-In

March 8, 2010 by David Gregory  
Filed under Featured, Media, TV

Academic Pursuits: minute-by-minute at the Hollywood Love-In

The primaries have passed, the special interest dollars have been distributed, the debates have become academic: it’s election night – for Hollywood. Once every year, the brightest stars of cinema, and Sean Penn, assemble to crown the performances of the year. And, depending on how verbose the hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin feel, they [...]

“Lost” Lists: 10 Mysteries Yet to Be Solved

February 5, 2010 by Ryan Howard  
Filed under TV

“Lost” Lists: 10 Mysteries Yet to Be Solved

Note to readers: Do not read this is you haven’t caught up on “Lost” yet. There are spoilers regarding the first five seasons (and Season Six’s premiere) throughout.
So. Um.
That’s all I could think after finishing “LA X,” the final season premiere of “Lost.” That doesn’t mean I’m disappointed. Heavens, no! The episode (once it got [...]

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