Last night, a number of news shows had footage of Ralph Nader on the floor of the Republican convention, but you couldn't hear
what he was saying. He got press credentials through Democracy Now, They have
video and audio
of it up. It runs about 13 minutes.
posted by steve rhodes on 8/3/2000 9:11:07 PM |
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It's prepackaged. It is slick. It is homogenized. It is pabulum...But you have to give people a reason why this party is different from the other party. What we're saying is we're the good Democrats and they're the bad Democrats...
I just think there has to be some delineation of how come we want to vote for this guy besides the fact he's just a wonderful human being, and he's got a lovely wife, and a great father.
The NYT has a good piece on how a few people gave the bulk of the soft money to the GOP and ways the sources of funds were hidden, The Few, the Rich, the Rewarded Donate the Bulk of G.O.P. Gifts
Brian Ross has also been doing good reporting on money for ABC including Political Money Trail and Coach Takes on Gambling Industry But Republican Leaders Won't Budge. Another story will be on ABC News tonight. You can sign up to get daily email on what is on ABC News.
Mother Jones has a section on money in politics including past reports on the top 400 donors. They are working on a current list and have a piece on Cheney, Cheney's Multi-Million Dollar Revolving Door. For more on the role of money in politics, see The Center For Public Integrity.
Farai Chideya has a piece Cheney and Mandela: Reconciling the Truth about Cheney's Vote and Joe Conason has a column on it.
posted by steve rhodes on 8/2/2000 2:20:40 PM |
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American High debuts on Fox tonight at 9 pm eastern time and runs for seven weeks. The documentary follows 14 students for a year at Highland Park High School. There were pieces about the show in the Sunday New York Times and Chicago Tribune.
It was created by RJ Cutler who worked on The War Room and A Perfect Candidate and John Hockenberry's short lived Edgewise show on MSNBC. He said he wanted to do a non-fiction version of My So-Called Life. The website is pretty extensive.
TV Tattle and Reality Blurred have links to a number of reviews. Most I've seen have been positive.
posted by steve rhodes on 8/2/2000 2:51:47 AM |
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Booksense.com is currently in beta, so there is now another alternative to amazon. A number of independent bookstores are participating. It will officially launch in the next month or so. There is an interview from January with Len Vlahos director of booksense.com.
There are about 300 stores participating so far (though all of them might now have sites up yet). Some of the stores include
Women & Children First in Chicago, Dancing Rabbit Books in Greenwood, Mississippi, Ruminator Books (formely Hungry Mind) in St. Paul
and Printers Ink in Palo Alto.
posted by steve rhodes on 8/2/2000 1:47:47 AM |
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On Thursday, TMC is showing a new documentary on screenwriter Francis Marion.
It kicks off 37 films written, directed or produced by women which will
be shown on Thursdays in August. There is a lot of info at the website for the festival.
posted by steve rhodes on 8/1/2000 3:16:02 AM |
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Farai Chideya is doing commentary from CNN. She is posting stories to her site, Pop & Politics. Her first report is up.
C-SPAN is providing extensive coverage on tv and online of the convention and the protests. On Saturday, I saw an absurd press conference with protesting puppets (though it was no more absurd than what we'll see during the brief prime time coverage on the networks). You can also watch the Shadow Convention.
Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow is posting pictures he is taking at the convention.
posted by steve rhodes on 7/31/2000 1:55:55 AM |
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