Segment 1
PIMP MY HYBRID PART II
It seems Al Gore III is a HUB show listener. He followed the lead of our March 3rd show and evidently pimped his Hybrid. He was pulled over last week after an Orange County California Deputy Sheriff clocked him doing 100mph in his Toyota Prius. What they found in his car led to his arrest on drug possession charges.
“Al Gore’s son busted for drugs in hybrid car” http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews,
Once again, why is our society so enamored with the lives of dysfunctional celebrity families? Do they already have these problems or does their life in the spotlight cause these problems?
MICHAEL MOORE-THE NEW ORSON WELLS?
With the release of his latest film “Sicko,” Michael Moore is being compared to another Hollywood film legend Orson Wells. Paul Greengrass, the acclaimed filmmaker of "United 93" and "The Bourne Supremacy" says Moore reminds him of another larger-than-life filmmaker.
“The Big Picture: Michael Moore”,
www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies, July 3, 2007
Do the viewers of Moore’s films understand that what he’s doing is more for entertainment than a true expose of factual situations? Do they really care?
NEW BRITISH PM, NOT PMSing OVER BOMBINGS
Gordon Brown doesn't do charisma. In contrast to Tony Blair, the new British leader has offered no emotive sound bites, no promises of tough new laws and no talk of a "war on terror" since the failed attacks in London and Glasgow. The stern Scot's few public statements have been somber, measured and brief.
“Britons Cheer Brown for attacks response” www.breitbart.com/article, July 3, 2007
Is this new approach really going to make Briton safer or does this Scot have his head stuck up his arse? Is it any coincidence that these attacks took place just days after Blair left office? Are the terrorist just testing the tone of the new leadership to see what they can get away with in the future?
Segment 2
Live Talkback segment
Is Gordon Brown’s nonchalante “tea time” approach to terrorism going to soothe aggressions long-term or is it setting the Mother Country up for a scald in the lap? Would that be very British? Is this another Winston Churchhill to the House of Commons prior to the WWII London bombings all over again? “Sure, they blietzkrieged Holland and Denmark, but maybe they just really liked bread with cheese breakfasts and Dutch potato dinners”.
Segment 3
WHERE’S THE FAIRNESS IN THE DOCTRINE?
The world of news media continues to get more and more complicated. Don Imus listeners want him to get his job back while the Senate ramps up an effort to kill talk radio (er, promote the Fairness Doctrine by another name), and the new media blogosphere seeks to report it all while not canceling itself out with its sheer size and cumbersome inability to diffuse information. Who needs who more? Big media or new media? And then there’s the question of big media glitz and profits and does that compromise the news?
“Murdock & Dow Jones: A Media Apocalypse?” NewsMax, pp. 44, July 2007
“The Last Tycoon” Time Magazine, pp. 32, July 9, 2007
Are Conservatives who rail against the Fairness Doctrine talking out of both sides of their mouths when they turn a blind eye to the Conservative track record of Rupert Murdock’s NewsCorp in his vie to take over Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal? Does truth and, ultimately, society suffer when editorialism is spun as news? Does it contribute to our cynicism? Is trust too much of a luxury in a post-modern world? What would have to happen to gain it and keep it?
Segment 4
Live Talkback segment
“This Is CNN?!” Wired Magazine, pp. 54, July 2007-07-06
Does media glitz and entertainment values hurt the news? Is there anything wrong with getting your news from a Lindsey Lohan protégé like Nicole Lapin? Must the anchors reporting all the news that’s fit to print be primped and fit?
Segment 5
CIVILIAN COP PAPARAZZI
PowerPhone technology is about to organize handshake between 9-11 and “YouTube” and its happening on the streets of New York by allowing civilians to report crimes with camera phone photo images. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is going one step further to allow 3-11 callers to to document non-emergency quality-of-life concerns to hold city agencies accountable.
“911 Callers Send Cell-Phone Images” NewsMax, July 2007
So what if I decide my quality-of-life is impeded by the neighbor’s car being left in the driveway for three weeks and I report it only to discover they were off on a long vacation? Who’s to guard against all those nosy, well-intentioned anal retentives? Would this technology work better if it were not first implemented in New York but say, Mussle Shoals, Alabama, where people might be a little less wound up?