Media

Media Monday: Killer Chipmunks!

July 27, 2009

Nothing like a good, nonsensical scare from The Sun: VICIOUS killer chipmunks that escaped from a British park four years ago have never been found – and could now have bred into a horde thousands strong, The Sun can reveal. The news will confirm experts’ worst fears that the disease-ridden rodents, which are plaguing northern [...]

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Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed

July 1, 2009

With all the celebrities dropping like flies, rumors of other celebrities kicking the bucket are running rampant. CNN even had an article on it today: After a string of real celebrity deaths last week, the Internet and online social networks killed a few more stars. Despite what you may have read, Jeff Goldblum, Natalie Portman, George [...]

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Hey Joe Buck! What did you expect??

June 16, 2009

One of the tenants of negative thinking is thinking about possible outcomes. Not dwelling on horrible or bad outcomes, but understanding possibilities so you can avoid bad situations. And that is why I have no sympathy for Joe Buck when his guest Artie Lange acted like a foul-mouthed abusive idiot. That’s Artie Lange!! You know [...]

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Media Monday: News reports that news reports scare people!

May 4, 2009

Unless this really is the end of days and the H1N1 flu is here to wipe us out, this will be the last I speak of it. Unless I myself catch it. I was trapped in an elevator with a coughing Mexican lady yesterday. No lie. The thing about the media is they will cannibalize [...]

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Snoutbreak ’09 – The Last 100 Days

April 28, 2009

Here’s a video follow-up on the posting from tomorrow. Too bad I don’t have a TV show or a writing staff. Otherwise, yesterday’s post would have been as funny as this: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Snoutbreak ’09 – The Last 100 Days www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes [...]

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Media Monday: They’ll be no swine, before it’s time.

April 27, 2009

The media is all lathered up like a rabid dog over the latest possible pandemic, Swine Flu. While being aware of a potential problem is a worth an alert, the media has to show us how horrible it could be. They’ve been trying to scare us for years about the oncoming pandemic that has yet [...]

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Media Monday: Not Enough Bad News Apparently

April 6, 2009
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I took last week off to sit down and edit my latest demo video. You can take a look at it:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji0MXtrqh98  Send me some feed back so I know what needs to be fixed so I can finalize the edit and work on finishing it for posting on my website. On to today’s post: [...]

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Media Monday: CNN’s iReporters are iDiots

February 9, 2009

Sometimes the internet can be a power for good in the world. Other times, I’m sure it will be the end of it.  CNN has the iReport, which allows anyone with a camera, to upload to their site. Great for major events happening, you can get different angles and reports. Not so good when the [...]

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Media Monday *Special Friday Edition* Miracle on the Hudson: Why I HATE the Media

January 16, 2009
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This couldn’t wait until Monday: Good work “Sully’ Sullenberger, for a heck of a landing. Keeping the plane intact and getting everyone out was amazing. There are far more articulate people blogging and posting about the mind-boggling non-fatal crash into the Hudson. But I did want to show you a video of a survivor immediately [...]

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Profile in Negativity: Peter Schiff

November 19, 2008
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Sometimes, being the lone negative thinker in the room can be a bit rough. When you’re the only one looking at things logically and rationally. Peter Schiff is one of those negative thinkers who, through sound reason and looking at the facts, was laughed off as a pessemist when it came to the stock market. [...]

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