MetaFilter posts tagged with America and media

Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper

chunking express — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:26:16 -0800

Final edition: Twilight of the American newspaper. "Newspapers have become deadweight commodities linked to other media commodities in chains that are coupled or uncoupled by accountants and lawyers and executive vice presidents and boards of directors in offices thousands of miles from where the man bit the dog and drew ink."

Why Does Hollywood Hate the Suburbs?

kliuless — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:01:35 -0800

In defense of suburbs: "Revolutionary Road," based on Richard Yates's 1961 novel of the same name, is the latest entry in a long stream of art that portrays the American suburbs as the physical correlative to spiritual and mental death.

The Movement Begins...

kliuless — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:22:10 -0800

Generation WE: How Millennial Youth Are Taking Over America And Changing Our World Forever (v i a) kinda over the top imo :P but ymmv! cf.

"Are we in the midst of a coup?"

homunculus — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:50:14 -0800

2009: A True Story. "My name is Sara Ford and I am 18 years old. I moved to California at the end of last year. Before the first attacks... before everything changed." [Via] On YouTube: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9, Episode 10, Episode 11, Episode 12, Episode 13. NSFW.

The Saddam Sessions

kliuless — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:33:50 -0800

Saddam's Confessions - Given Saddam Hussein's central place in the American Consciousness over the last couple decades and particularly in recent years, I found 60 minutes' interview with FBI interrogator George Piro pretty fascinating.

Going after Gore

chunking express — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:13:21 -0800

Going After Gore "Al Gore couldn't believe his eyes: as the 2000 election heated up, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes ("I invented the Internet"), distortions (that he lied about being the inspiration for Love Story), and strangely off-the-mark needling, while pundits such as Maureen Dowd appeared to be charmed by his rival, George W. Bush. For the first time, Gore and his family talk about the effect of the press attacks on his campaign—and about his future plans—to the author, who finds that many in the media are re-assessing their 2000 coverage."

Rationalize rhetoric and it speaks to your mind; personify her and she speaks to your soul

anastasiav — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:15:11 -0800

American Rhetoric :: an online archive

Old Newspapers and their coverage of American events

Gyan — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 14:59:05 -0800

HistoryBuff - facsimiles of old newspapers that covered important events in American History.

Move along media... nothing to see here...

samlam — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:52:03 -0800

Seems the media's STILL scared of looking too closely into BUSH's history... and WHO helps him cover up on the way...

Conversations with America

nthdegx — Sun, 09 May 2004 11:25:11 -0800

Studs Terkel: Conversations with America (in Real audio).