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24 Jan 2010 11:35

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World: That’s not very democratic! Venezuela pulls an anti-Chavez channel

  • They didn’t air the entirety of a pro-government speech yesterday. RCTV, a 53-year-old channel that’s been cable-only since 2007, was illegally yanked off the air at midnight last night. It wasn’t the only one – four others were pulled – but it was the most notable due to the fact that they had been critical of the Chavez government for years. source
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14 Nov 2009 11:35

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Politics: The DMCA (and Fox News) strikes again: We’ll miss you News1News.

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  • It was perhaps the best news-related channel on YouTube. You know our weekly Max Headroom feature? The one that features all the clips from all of the talk shows? Well, it may have just suffered a pretty terrible blow. Fox decided to go after News1News, a talk-show-clips channel, and YouTube ended up straight-up removing it, despite the fact that it was, well, an amazing resource and often continued the conversations that began on Fox News. Was it political? Gawker suggests it might be – especially since many liberal bloggers used it. We understand its removal but think it’s shortsighted. Too bad, though. It was one of our faves. On the plus side, it’s back up over here. source
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18 Mar 2009 10:38

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Culture: Proof Bill O’Reilly is a social deviant: His audio book

  • “Off With Those Pants!” Bill O’Reilly, when he’s not criticizing the left and getting mocked by them, apparently is an author. To his peril, he released a book of fiction, “Those Who Trespass,” in 1998, which was later put out as an audiobook in 2001. And, oh boy, some of the language is nice and colorful. The Village Voice has done us all a, uh, favor, and gathered some key audio clips. *shudder* source
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17 Mar 2009 10:37

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Culture: This just makes our head hurt. The SciFi Channel goes “SyFy”

  • We love being sci-fi, and we’re still embracing that. But we’re more than just space and aliens and the future – the three things most people think of when they think of ‘sci fi.’
  • Dave Howe • President of the SciFi Channel, on its name change to SyFy – which is destined to annoy the crap out of a bunch of BSG and SG-1 fans. We’re not even SciFi fans and we’re annoyed by it. And it takes a lot to annoy us, as you might have been able to tell by the nature of our blog. • source
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