Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them. | | | | | Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire in "Pleasantville" (1998) | | | | | | “Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them.”
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| | rantnrave:// BRIAN STELTER continues to do stellar work on CNN RELIABLE SOURCES. Non-partisan look at how the media, the public, and political leaders are evolving and at odds. Yesterday he took a look at Presidential lying. Important piece. His show digs deep at the outside world and is critical of their own world... News organizations, especially cable news, need to look at who they are bringing on the air and how they are interviewing them and the discussions that take place. Been very disturbed by the lack of knowledge of political surrogates whatever the party. The job is not to rush to the next question or let a surrogate run through their list of talking points. A question gets an answer (or often not, just a deflection). That answer begets a follow-up often and I don't see it happening a lot. Any pundit that works for a news network that is paid directly or indirectly by a campaign is a non-starter for me. Diligence. Diligence. Diligence. I would also like to see these networks and other news outlets do more post-mortems and self-reflection. The verbiage on the lower third of the screen. Headline choices. What really is breaking news? Whether deserved or not their credibility is in question and their jobs are more important than ever before. An example here from DAVE PELL... Do you use the product you build?... Best of 2016: The Year in Lists. Our annual running list of top 10s, top 40s, top 50s and top whatevers from around the music universe... Happy Birthday to one of my favorite people in the world VAN TOFFLER. Great and loyal friend, good taste in music and loves skinny jeans. And to TONY GREENBERG, CENA HACKLER JACKSON, MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, GENNADIY MARK BORISOV, DEANNA BROWN, NEIL ASHE, MATT ECKSTEIN and GARY KRIKORIAN | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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| When Stephen Port was convicted last week of the rape, drugging, and murder of four young men, police began to look again at dozens more cases involving date-rape drugs. But an investigation by BuzzFeed News into the hidden world of “chemsex” reveals, through unprecedented first person testimony, that this is just the beginning. | | |
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| In a steaming-hot city with very little public space, Jakarta’s astounding 170 malls are a one-stop shop for work, rest and play - offering women in particular greater freedoms. But are these artificial worlds really good for the city? | | |
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| Setting aside the need to fix its current PR nightmare, Facebook has no objective interest in fixing its fake stories problem. In the end, it all boils down to this: Facebook is above all an advertising machine. A fantastic one. | | |
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| Athletes from the national team plan a mass defection. | | |
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| In an exclusive interview in Russia with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who leaked information about U.S. surveillance activities, says he is "kind of encouraged" by the idea that Russian President Vladimir Putin might return him to the U.S. to stand | | |
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| Musician and author Ned Sublette was at a concert in Havana the night of Nov. 25, when the country learned of Fidel Castro’s death. As the former leader's ashes travel from Havana to his home province of Oriente, he shares what it’s like to be in Cuba with all music suspended until Castro's funeral on Dec. 4, what Castro’s passing means for the country’s artists, and what comes next. | | |
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| A new medical device enables the expulsion of stomach contents for weight loss. Are you feeling disgusted? Should you be? | | |
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| As a child, Sarah Kaminsky couldn't fathom her father’s cloudy past, but slowly it came out: he had worked against the Nazis as a forger. She knew she had to get that story told. | | |
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| Being an air traffic controller is hard. Really hard. The job entails having to remember vast amounts of fluid information often within a context of enormous pressure. Essentially the job is about … | | |
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| For better or worse, Philly's identity is intractably entwined with Hollywood's most beloved underdog story. Forty years after the film debuted, here's a look at how it all came to be. | | |
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| Neuroscience research shows how to become a better leader. | | |
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| Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity. | | |
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| What happens when you transition and decide you want to go back? | | |
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| “If the history of medical genetics teaches us one lesson, it is to be wary of precisely such slips between biology and culture… Genes cannot tell us how to categorize or comprehend hum… | | |
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| Last year, Americans collectively spent 31 billion hours watching sports on TV - a 40% increase from a decade ago. | | |
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| Guest host Jeff Glor leads a discussion of the ongoing battle for Aleppo, Syria, with Richard Fontaine, president of the Center for New American Security, and James Jeffrey of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. | | |
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| Problematic Odyssey Case Manager software package is used nationwide. | | |
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| Stories from some of the biggest names in sports on how they overcame sexual harassment. | | |
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| No matter which party has held office over the last fifty years, Henry Kissinger has been in power. | | |
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| It took three years, upwards of $100 million in start-up costs, and one halt in production, but HBO's Westworld ended its first season Sunday as what's arguably the network's most successful drama launch since Game of Thrones. It's not just that the ratings for the J.J. | | |
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| The seminal feature film is celebrating its fortieth anniversary, but its messages are as important as ever. | | |
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| Hustling illegal cassettes became a worldwide platform for breaking talent. | | |
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