Transcript in this Daily Kos diary, along with the day-long discussion about getting it on the air in swing states. Truthandhope.org has been helping such grassroots video work get the production assistance and funding to be seen nationally, and they are hoping to do the same for this one (per comments in the links diary).
Naturally, tv… Read the rest
I was blown away by the American Masters documentary on PBS tonight, a profile of folk music legend Pete Seeger.
I knew quite a bit about him already, but learned just how much he influenced the great social and environmental justice movements of the past 70 years. The Power of Song is a perfect name for the… Read the rest
This morning, Booman noted the otherwise un-noted irony (thanks to that famous liberal media!) of having war profiteer/Nazi collaborator General Motors sponsor Kens Burns’ documentary on PBS, The War.
Whenever PBS airs a big program/mini-series there is an announcement at the end. “Corporate sponsorship of Name of Mini-Series was brought to you by Name of Corporation.” This had unfortunate and
Last week, Atrios watched the Charlie Rose interview with the “very serious” “foreign policy expert” Thomas Friedman, and isn’t over it yet — apparently may not be over it for a long, long time. He’s really laying into him, I mean much more than usual. And deservedly so.
I myself don’t have the stomach to watch Tom for an hour… Read the rest
