April 2024 | 153 comments (153 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

a Friederic Jameson flavored critique (none / 0)

ChatGPT | Live video of man who set himself on fire outside court proves challenging for news organizations, 19 Apr

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The incident tested how quickly the networks could react, and how they decided what would be too disturbing for their viewers to see.
With narration from Laura Coates, CNN had the most extensive view of the scene. Coates, who at first incorrectly said it was a shooting situation, then narrated as the man was visible onscreen, enveloped in flames.
"You can smell burning flesh," Coates, an anchor and CNN's chief legal analyst, said as she stood at the scene with reporter Evan Perez.
The camera switched back and forth between Coates and what was happening in the park. Five minutes after the incident started, CNN posted the onscreen message "Warning: Graphic Content."
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archive Aaron in Bushnell: US Commandos Participating In Gaza

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Postmodernism and Consumer Society

by Cat on Sat Apr 20th, 2024 at 02:08:55 PM EST
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the situation here is still pretty psychotic (none / 0)

"Whistleblower"John Kiriakou informs that he has learned, "self-immolation" is not a form of suicide, "at least in the traditional sense of the word".

by Cat on Sat Apr 27th, 2024 at 03:11:37 PM EST
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the situation here is still pretty psychotic (none / 0)

ChatGPT usatody | Boomers fear chaos of 1968 convention in Chicago, 27 Apr 2024
"Scenes of chaos could undercut the president on one of the core themes of his successful 2020 run—a return to normalcy and end of Viet Nam—while instead projecting a sense of disorder and ineffectiveness on the world stage"

by Cat on Sun Apr 28th, 2024 at 06:00:29 PM EST
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a Friederic Jameson flavored primary season (none / 0)

"Beyond Viet Nam"

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The US presidential primary process, explained
"After the 1968 fiasco, the Democratic National Committee created a commission charged with proposing reforms to the DNC nominating process."

Calls to Reform Democratic Nomination Process Have Roots in 1968 Convention
"'A lot of things we take for granted today are the result of the changes that were made that year," USC Prof. Geoffrey Cowan tells TIME. 'The system that, let's say, Donald Trump and maybe some others call 'rigged'—it was really rigged before then.'"

by Cat on Sun Apr 28th, 2024 at 06:29:52 PM EST
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April 2024 | 153 comments (153 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)