Letters to the Editor
thelastnamechosen
Published Letters: 156
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That's Entertainment
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thinking about ttb-01's excellent distinction at 12:16 PM.
An interview with unlimited do overs and corrections, unanswered questions deleted from the record, and prepublication approval are not interviews. They are press releases uncritically reprinted and sold as journalism.
A scripted play staged as a live impromptu event. Reality television meets Reality journalism.
They want to apply the "Tom Cruise on Leno" rules of interviews to the political arena. You want to talk about scientology? OK, we'll send Tom over to the Man Show and you can book that Indian guy from the White Castle movie. I think he's on House now.
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Lights going out and a kick in the balls - I say That's Entertainment.
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omooex
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]DCLaw1 and William Timberman give much better answers than I could. I will add that entertainment will always always sell more than journalism. Celebrity, gossip, boobs and things blowing up* are hard to compete with. The good thing is that journalism and entertainment only compete in the minds dwindling number of "Journotainers" and aging media executives.
Journalism competes with entertainment as much as science does.
*I always knew "Farm Film Celebrity Blow-up" was ahead of its time.
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Butterfingers and Applebees
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not only is this video very well edited, we also get product placements for Apple and Pepsi. I will say Fred throws a pretty nice bar-b-que. I wonder what he charges for an event like that?
Mad Dogs, thanks for the link.
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Twice as nice
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]would allow telecoms to submit any classified information to the court to demonstrate that they did not break the law.
Doesn't CIPA already cover this?
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm02054.htm
Is there any real change to the CIPA procedures with the democrats proposal or is this another one of the "if we put a law on the books twice, then the administration is sure to follow it now" bills that the democrats have grown so fond of?
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CIPA
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]OK, it seems that CIPA does not apply to civil cases and S. 2533 is a bill to extend the CIPA procedures to civil cases.
http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=C56BD1D0-7AD3-46EA-9D30-A77317F28B70
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2533
I wonder if the House FISA bill is trying to incorporate the Kennedy/Specter proposal?
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The Pen Register is Mightier Than the Sword
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pow Wow, another excellent post. One of the interesting aspects of applying the pen register idea to the internet is that tradition voice calls were transmitted over a finite and small number of protocols invented and controlled by a single entity. There was the part of the transmission that communicated the dialing data and part of the transmission that communicated the voice data. We know which is which because the protocol has been defined.
On the internet, anyone can invent and implement a protocol and many people do. Some are publicly defined some aren't. Without defining a protocol, the idea of a pen register intercept on the internet is either absurd or all encompassing. Without defining or even knowing the protocol, the only way to determine what is "identifying" information and what is "content" is to read and interpret the entire communication.
I think Smith v. Maryland was a terrible decision and applying its basic philosophy to the internet without defining any protocols is a key component of the government's data mining program.
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Fred Garvin
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I missed all the fun last time.
Strange Fact: There are male prostitutes and female mercenaries.
I never really understood why prostitution was a gender issue. I can understand how the income inequity argument may have made some sense but woman are earning enough to afford to pay for prostitutes now.
On Pimps: One might be surprised by how much commerce occurs unimpeded by the loathsome eyes of middle managers.
OT True Story: My Mother takes her charity rather personally and has "adopted" numerous homeless people who she meets while they are soliciting donations on the street corners of her daily commute. Long story short. There are homeless pimps. I don't mean pimps that are homeless, these are "business" people that control the prime pan handling real estate by force and recruit homeless people to work those corners. The homeless are chosen both for their ability to generate sympathy/donations and for their ability to stand and work for long hours outdoors. Mostly men. As you would imagine, the pimps take a very reasonable 80% of the money. You do not cross your pimp because "homeless people die every day."
I have come to realize I am not nearly cynical enough.
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Eve is falling.
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good Lord, that was the plot line for Bette Davis' role of "Apple Annie" in "Pocket Full of Miracles".
I'm just saying....
A bit before my time, but I will have to update my post to read: I have come to realize I am not nearly experienced enough.
I see that it is a Capra film, but I still have to ask--Does everything turn out alright in the end? I wonder if Capra was using this as a metaphor for prostitution? Apples...mmmm.
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Joshua Norton
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sold. Just put it in the DVR. TCM will probably get to it first.
Thanks.
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It's commin right for us!!!
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Unless we are talking about suicide, the entire purpose of a weapon is for it to be used against another person, against his or her will.
We haven't killed all the animals yet:)
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Stays in Vegas
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Spitzer would have just flown to Vegas it would have been perfectly legal. I wonder how many "gamblers" just have a good excuse for coming home $2500 lighter?
I have a new found respect for William Bennett.