TV
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The most trusted name in news
Eric Boehlert wonders why, when anchors and hosts with better ratings get fired for … poor ratings, CNN continues to promote Glenn Beck, who has, among other things, spoken glowingly of the John Birch Society and compared Al Gore to Hitler.
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The TV show 24 will reduce its carbon footprint
Fans of 24 know that if there's one person that can stop climate change, it ain't Al Gore. It's Jack Bauer.
If you are not familiar with Jack, here are some of his qualifications from the site Random Jack Bauer Facts:
- There are two hands that can beat a royal flush. Jack Bauer's right hand and Jack Bauer's left hand.
- Most people would need months to recover from 20 months of Chinese interrogation. Jack Bauer needs a shower, a shave and a change of clothes.
- The city of Los Angeles once named a street after Jack Bauer in gratitude for his saving the city several times. They had to rename it after people kept dying when they tried to cross the street. No one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.
- If Jack Bauer had been a Spartan the movie would have been called "1".
- Some people see the glass as half full. Others see it as half empty. Jack Bauer see the glass as a deadly weapon.
Yup, Jack is one tough son-of-a-gun, and he and the producers of 24 have pledged to fight climate change and take the following steps to reduce their carbon footprint:
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Videos for your viewing pleasure, if that’s the word for it
Film director Robert Greenwald has been producing a series of videos exposing Fox News as a propaganda arm of the far right wing (is "exposing" the right word when everyone already knows it?), under the rubric Fox Attacks. The latest in the series is Fox Attacks: The Environment, which is about Fox’s hackery on the […]
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Check it out
On Friday, Bill Moyers profiles E.O. Wilson on the latest edition of “Bill Moyers Journal.” (The show is his new spot on PBS that started airing in late April, and happens to have the same name as his old show that stopped running in 1981.) Moyers talks to Wilson about subjects ranging from his work […]
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Law & Order … in the ocean
Playing hard-nosed Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy, actor Sam Waterston has thrown the book at the bad guys for years on TV's Law & Order.
Bad guys on boats and beaches better watch out now, too, because Waterston recently joined Oceana's Ocean Council, a panel of academic, business, and philanthropic leaders who represent and support Oceana's efforts on the global stage. Also on the Ocean Council are actors Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammar.
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An hour-long discussion
Here’s Al Gore appearing on Charlie Rose. It’s about an hour long:
