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Rupert Murdoch’s war against free content continues. The yesteryear tycoon recently complained about search engines “stealing” news content from his pay-to-read sites – such as WSJ.com – and spreading it around for free. Murdoch is particularly not fond of the concept of free use, and would like to see it put to death entirely. Murdoch’s [...]
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The Fox News Network demonstrated its staunch credibility once again as crackpot Sean Hannity aired footage on his show of hordes of people getting together to protest the health care bill, while a lot of that footage was actually from a completely different event, and the Washington Post’s estimate of the actual reported event’s attendance [...]
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Politicians and celebrities have been using the media since its conception as a tool to advance their agendas and careers. Part of this equilibrium has been the fact that sometimes gossip magazines and other trash rags publish stories which are completely fabricated. In other words, publishing quotes of words never spoken from interviews that did [...]
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According to CNN, Kirstie Alley, an actress formerly known for her movie roles and more recently famous for her well-publicized weight battles, has struck a deal with A&E for a new television series. Her previous show was the short-lived Fat Actress that aired in 2005 on Showtime for seven episodes before being yanked off the [...]
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If you still believe that the so-called “Balloon Boy” was legitimately missing, I have a bridge you might be interested in.
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If you get a chance to be a Nielsen family, or a Nielsen individual, I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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Mika Salakka is a Finn living in the United States. He is a nursing assistant, a creative writer, a devoted husband, and an observer of the human condition. His interests range from music and literature to psychology, sociology, medicine, technology, and spirituality.
The Same, Yet Different
November 22, 2009
in Commentary
I’ve been a big Star Trek fan ever since I watched the Original Series re-runs as a kid. There is something to be said about great stories: they don’t need to wrapped in a lot of hi-tech special effects in order for them to work well. The original series has been released on DVD before, [...]
Tagged as: Netflix, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Technology, Television
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