Michael on Media
Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.
He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.
CNN Now Has 753,000 Registered iReporters
Here comes everybody… Here’s an astonishing statistic: There are currently 753,000 iReporters registered with CNN. Let me say that one again, this time in bold because it deserves it: There are currently 753,000 iReporters registered with CNN. Buried deep...
Read moreCharlie Brooker & Video Editing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBwepkVurCI[/youtube] Courtesy of CDNMINT at www.nyvs.com Yesterday we ran a clip from Glen Beck’s new website pointing out how judicious editing had skewed a story about NPR’s funding scandal. In response, cdnmint, an nyvs member posted a link to...
Read moreHow NPR Was Screwed In The Edit
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/20895648[/vimeo] What you didn’t see… On March 9th, Ron Schiller, former fundraiser for NPR (and a few days later, his boss, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller) were both screwed by a video produced by James O’Keefe. This was not O’Keefe’s...
Read moreA Band of Amateurs
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz6GIuSy_1c[/youtube] The Quarrymen in a 1957 recording. Notice anyone familiar here? There has been some discussion both here and over on nyvs.com about the competing roles of ‘amateurs’ with video cameras vs. the ‘professionals. This is not the first...
Read moreBurning Heretics – Not Much Has Changed – except the method
One way to deal with a problem… Yesterday, we had something of a surreal meeting with a major executive from a major media company, both of which shall remain nameless, at least for now. We were seeking a partnership...
Read moreJews Who Control The Media – Proud To Be In Such Good Company!
sign me up! OK Some people wait for the annual ‘best dressed’ list to see if they have made it. For others, it’s the Emmy nominations. For me, it’s the Jews Who Control The Media List And once again,...
Read moreLocal TV News Teams Rush To Japan – Jackals & Vultures
NJ Burkett WABC News Live From Japan – and so what? What has happened in Japan, and what is continuing to happen is a disaster of almost unimaginable proportions. And it’s not like there has been any shortage of...
Read moreGary Younge, The Guardian, The Tea Party & the best pro bootcamp
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxL77KyhXdo[/youtube] Using video to make America more comprehensible to Europeans Gary Younge is the US correspondent for The Guardian, a UK newspaper and probably one of the best newspapers in the world. Younge spends most of his time on...
Read moreThe Last Lions – Good … and Bad
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoAcNdeEf_Y[/youtube] Born Free it is not… OK There is an ‘arts’ movie theater around the corner from us called The Paris. It has been there forever and it I don’t know how they make a living. It’s across the...
Read moreDon’t Look At The Camera: Who came up with that stupid idea?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPwR00HXM0[/youtube] Robert McNamara tells all… The clip above is from The Fog of War, a documentary film by Errol Morris. We talked a bit about Morris yesterday, and we’ll talk about him more later, but one of Morris’ great...
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