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TV Mentions for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney: April 25 to May 1
Note the words most associated with them.
Via Bejan Siavoshy.
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Man Killed to Death.
Today, in scary: The Masters of Media
In this animated short on media consolidation, Rogier Klomp explores the significance of six major media companies controlling three quarters of the world’s television networks.
TLDR: Viewers no longer have a remote control on reality, corporations do.
FCC Chair vows to strike Fairness Doctrine
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he will strike the Fairness Doctrine, a rule that requires broadcasters to present opposing views of controversial issues.
In a letter to the chairman of the House Commerce Committee, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski wrote that the 1949 rule “holds the potential to chill free speech adn the free flow of ideas.”
Genachowski’s letter was disclosed Wednesday by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who said in a news release that he has asked the FCC chairman for details on when the rule would be scrapped.
Republican lawmakers have pushed the FCC to remove the rule, saying it is outdated and among policies that tie the hands of television broadcasters.
The rule had been challenged in courts in 1989 and hasn’t been enforced by the FCC since then. [read more]Learn more about the Fairness Doctrine:
If by gay they mean happy, then yes, yes it does.
Fox affiliate asks if Glee is making our kids gay.
Via Salon:
During the segment, which aired after last week’s Lady Gaga-themed “Born This Way” episode, host Damali Keith kicked off by comparing the show’s gay themes to “product placement” — you know, the kind that leaves “everyone in the theater thirsty for that particular brand.” Yes, that’s how it happens, America. One day your teenage son is banging the head cheerleader. The next, he hears a few bars of Chris Colfer’s seductive warbling, and wham! Suddenly he’s “thirsty” for that particular “brand.” Of penis. Homosexuality – it’s exactly like walking past a Cinnabon.
In better news, PIxar updated its It Gets Better Video. And Google Chrome has an ad out promoting It Gets Better with founder Dan Savage.
Television-based analysts are already asking if the killing of Bin Laden will provoke revenge attacks by al Qaeda. Is there a stupider question in the world? The implication, of course, is that now, al Qaeda will truly be pissed off at the U.S. Unlike in 2001, when al Qaeda was only marginally angry at the U.S.
At a special event held this morning at Apple headquarters, CEO Steve Jobs introduced an “ultra-magical, breathtaking, life-changing” new 42-inch widescreen iPad. The device, which he christened the iPad 42, capitalizes on consumers’ rising use of tablet computers — a market Apple has dominated since the introduction of the first iPad in early 2010 — for viewing video.
The latest iPad will retail for $1,699 when it goes on sale, first in the United States, on Sept. 22. An innovative origami-style cover, sold separately, allows it to be propped up at a 90-degree angle or even hung from a wall, though Mr. Jobs emphasized that the iPad 42 is “surprisingly light” at just 38 pounds and is meant to be a portable device…
…Still, some industry observers questioned whether consumers might be confused by Apple’s new offering, given that its form factor is similar to that of other existing products. “Of course, when the first iPad came out,” said tech analyst Delia Dougherty, “people dismissed it as just a giant iPod Touch, and then Apple went on to ship 15 million of them by the end of 2010. Call the iPad 42 an iPad on steroids or a glorified flat-screen TV set if you want — but remember, whatever it is, it has Apple’s logo on it, and that makes it a game-changer.
Simon Dumenco, AdAge, reporting from next year as part of a series looking at the future of television.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Introduces iPad 42, ‘Ultra-Magical’ New 42-inch iPad.
Stat: 8 hours and 11 minutes. That’s the average daily time we spend consuming media.
Americans are spending about 20 percent more time consuming radio, television and the Internet than they were a decade ago, according to a survey by two media measurement firms.
That jump reflects in part a rise by 26 percentage points in the number of Americans with access to the Internet. But it also speaks to the increasing ubiquity of smartphones, which have brought media into what were once silent spaces.
Via horaciogaray:
U.S. smartphone owners are increasingly turning to mobile to access breaking news over other media, including newspapers, TV and desktop web browsers, according to a recent study from mobile app developer Handmark - link
