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Glenn Beck says he may be going blind
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John W. Kennedy
Controversial Fox News host Glenn Beck has announced that he has been diagnosed with a condition called macular dystrophy, a rare genetic and progressive eye disease that could lead to blindness. He spoke about how he learned of the diagnosis during one of his American Revival Tour events (this one in Salt Lake City). As…
What if…? A game of media bias
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John W. Kennedy
My sister often says that if you want to look at an issue fairly change the parties involved from people you like to people you don’t and vice versa. Then see how your perspective on the same issue changes. I think the media, if it really is interested in being fair, could learn from that…
Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen cases garner different media reactions
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John W. Kennedy
It’s hard not to look at recent headlines and not be struck by how similar stories can garner such dissimilar reactions from the media. Radar Online has posted audio purported to be of Mel Gibson in a horrifyingly threatening tirade against Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his eight-month-old daughter. Assuming the tape is authentic (which…
Thoughts on the Emmy Nominations
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John W. Kennedy
That great American think tank known as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with its much-anticipated Emmy Award nominations for supposed excellence in television. I use the word “supposed” because excellence when it comes to art (if that’s what television is) is, of course, a subjective concept. I’m made more aware…
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