January 12th, 2005 · 3 Comments
[Via fark.com]
"Borat Sagdiyev from Kazakhstan", a.k.a. HBO's "Ali G" seems to have rialed up the crowd at a rodeo. Nothing unusual except that he demolished George Bush and the US national anthem at the Salem Civic Center, Virginia in front of a pro-Bush crowd.
"...And may George W. Bush drink the blood of every man, [...]
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Tags: · Civil Liberties, Freedom, Media, Oddities, Television
Matt Haughey wrote recently about the point at which he lost all respect for Bill Gates. The issue turns out to be Gates' position on the legalities surrounding personal online publishing, which he he equates as being equal to print media. There are all sorts of open-ended questions here, and I don't think [...]
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Tags: · Computers, Freedom, Information Security, Internet, Media, Movies, Music, Privacy, Security, Software, Technology, Television
Despite the fact that this topic has probably been bludgeoned to death already, tonight I watched the new Fox 'reality' show Who's Your Daddy?
The show, not surprisingly, has created something of a furor among sensitive television viewers. At least one Fox affiliate has even refused to broadcast it.
While I personally believe the production to [...]
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Tags: · Activism, Censorship, Media, Oddities, Personal, Ranting, Television