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Iconic “This is Fine” Dog echos a 14th century illuminated manuscript image

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Ralph Hanson

How long has the “This is  Fine” meme been around? Would you believe the 14th century? You all know the Dog-in-the-Burning-Room “This Is Fine” meme, right? As reported in the LAist blog, Green drew the iconic image as part of … Continue reading →

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Is streaming the new a la carte cable? Or is it just more of the same?

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

Back in the the late 1980s, early 1990s, the television business started going through some big changes. For the first time ever, the original Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) started changing ownership, going from the founders to … Continue reading →

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AT&T Buying Time Warner – Which Apocalypse Will It Be?

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

Oh, wow, a tech giant is buying up Time Warner, one of the big legacy media companies for an unheard of amount of money. The tech company is talking about how the purchase will help them leverage synergy in the … Continue reading →

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Ch. 14 Link – Commentary Through Impersonation

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

You can learn more about Ian Murphy’s punking of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and about the Food Lion case here. SPJ scolds Buffalo Beast for call to Wisconsin governor Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out

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Link Ch. 4 – A Million Little Memoir Fabrications

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Reprinted from my blog from January 27, 2006: A Million Little Problems Dept. – Fall Out From James Frey’s Fabrications A week or so ago I ran a guest commentary by my colleague John Temple about his outrage at the apparent fabrications … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 2 – The Endless Presidential Campaign

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Does it seem to you like recent presidential campaigns have gone on forever? That may be so, but as Truth 4 points out, Nothing’s new: Everything that happened in the past will happen again. According to NPR’s On The Media, … Continue reading →

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Truth 4 – Nothing’s New: Rihanna and Rita Hayworth: Beautiful, sexy and not winning an award

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Back in 1939, a young actress by the name of Rita Hayworth was trying to become a household name, and her press agent, the legendary Henry Rogers was willing to do whatever it would take to make her a Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 10 – Everything Is a Remix looks at The Matrix

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

The folks at Everything is a Remix look at all the cyberpunk quotes in the Matrix movies.  The argument at EIAR is not that The Matrix is ripping off previous movies and books, rather that everything in popular culture is … Continue reading →

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Nancy Grace pulls a Janet Jackson

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

Tonight on Dancing With The Stars Nancy Grace pulled an accidental Janet Jackson Super Bowl move.  Not only did she expose the same part of her anatomy Miss Jackson did, she did it for more than twice as long (close … Continue reading →

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Ch. 3 Link – Rupert Murdoch, Capt. Renault, and the News of the World

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

I’ve been holding off blogging for some time about the whole fuss over the scandal surrounding the British tabloid News of the World because I haven’t really been sure what to say about it. On the one hand, the largest … Continue reading →

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