Now You're Just Getting Ridiculous

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the most ridiculous transformer ever

the most ridiculous transformer ever 08/22/2004 04:15 AM
wow, and i thought metroplex was insanely huge

John Judis is just ridiculous

John Judis is just ridiculous 11/12/2003 01:17 PM
fears

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This has got to be one of the most
ridiculous things I've ever read

This has got to be one of the most
ridiculous things I've ever read 08/16/2004 08:37 AM
I'll link to the Athens Olympics site however I see fit, Thanks .. Olympic Games 2004 Hyperlink Policy .. rather bizarre linking rules

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Fox New: Is "Fair and Balanced"
"ridiculous"?

Fox New: Is "Fair and Balanced"
"ridiculous"? 07/18/2004 06:39 PM
"Is 'Fair and Balanced' ridiculous?" So opened the FOX News Watch segment examining Robert Greenwald's film, OutFOXed. And astonishingly, the uncontradicted view of FOX News Watch was "yes"! As Neal Gabler put it, "To say that this network promotes the Republican view ... is like saying that the Pope is Catholic. It's self-evident ... pretty much undeniable." But, he asks, as if he hadn't actually seen the film, "So what?" So what? Well first, start with the question that opened the segment: Fox says it is "Fair and Balanced." If it is "self-evident" that it is not, then I guess we agree then that it is "ridiculous" to say that it is. And second, "obviously" media critics get this about Fox. Anyone who critically watches Fox gets this about Fox. But as one questioner at the San Francisco opening put it, for those who aren't media critics, and for those who don't actually watch Fox, just how "ridiculous" Fox's claim is is something significant. My bet is that a cross-section of FOX viewers would be surprised just how false Fox's claims actually are. The discussion opened with Jim Pinkerton of Newsday calling the film "dull and didactic." He then asserted that the film says that media networks are "either worse than the Mafia that ran Cuba in the 1950s or worse than the Soviet Union." When I heard him say that, I understood why he saw the film as "dull and didactic": if this is his view, he didn't really watch the film. The opening allusion to the Mafia comes from Robert McChesney, where he compares how the Mafia carved up Cuba with how the government carves up media ownership -- nothing to do with the media being "worse than the Mafia." The allusion to the Soviet Union, also McChesney's, again had nothing to do with Pinkerton's claim. McChesney's claim was simply that propaganda is most effective when the audience is unaware -- unlike in the Soviet Union. The other simple fabrication of Pinkerton was that the film comprised "two or three disgruntled employees." That's true if by "two or three" you mean seven (four listed here; three requested anonymity). But the more fundamental fabrication is the suggestion that the film's claims are based on nothing more than the word of "two or three disgruntled employees." The film has five independent sources for its "self-evident," as Grabler puts it, conclusion: (1) former Foxies, (2) Fox memos (unmentioned by anyone on the show), (3) independent studies of Fox viewers, (4) media commentators, and (5) clips from Fox shows. Cal Thomas -- who was one of the people in the film -- found the film flawed because it "ignored the many Democrats I've had on my show." Again, not true. The movie never asserts that there are no Democrats, or liberals on the show. It just asserts -- not denied by Thomas -- that the "balance" is "unbalanced." Indeed, in one of the best parts of the film, Greenwald reports a media group that studied months of Brit Hume's "Special Report" and found over 80% of the guests on that premier show were Republican -- and that most of the Democrats were centrists. Not balanced, and not a fair picture of the facts reported. Thomas goes on (with his wonderful announcer voice -- I love listening to him) to say something extraordinary however. Here's the quote:

"I think the reason that this network looks so Republican ... is by contrast on [sic] what the others do. If you went and did -- as the Media Research Center has done -- clips of what is said on the broadcast networks ... you would find an enormous tilt to the left. So by contrast it looks conservative."

I think we need more Media Research Centers on both the Left and Right and -- imagine this -- even without a political agenda! But I've not seen that they've put together "clips" as Greenwald has. And again, the film is comparing what Fox News actually is to what Fox News says it is. Jane Hall (Who? She's an assistant professor in the School of Communication at American University) complained the film was flawed because it left "out any evidence to the contrary." There were plenty of liberals on Fox she said -- for example, she said, she was a liberal. She also mentioned Jeff Cohen, cofounder of FAIR, was on Fox News Watch "for five years." Jeff Cohen? Actually, the movie not only doesn't ignore Jeff Cohen. He is one of the most critical interviewees. And again, the film doesn't say there are no liberals on Fox. The show instead reports Clara Frenk reporting that the "quality" of the liberals was far less than the quality of the conservatives -- in the sense that the liberals were either "unknown" or "weak." Hall also repeated the total non-thought that has been framed around this film -- that somehow the film is weak because it didn't get Roger Ailes to respond. The film in fact has Roger Ailes stating Fox News was to be a fair and balanced news program. It also has Roger Ailes stating Fox News failed its viewers on election night by allowing George Bush's cousin, on the basis of extremely weak data, to call the election for Bush. But even if it didn't twice include Roger Ailes in the film, the idea that before you release a film critical of someone you must include their comment is inane. I've had many critical reviews of my work published, some very intelligent, some others not. Never has anyone asked me for my comment on their review before they publish it. Indeed, to do so would be unethical. But my favorite part of the whole show is the contrast between segment one and segment two. The review of Outfoxed was in segment two. Segment one was about -- I swear -- "Media bias." For a full segment, Fox News Watch focused on a single statement by Newsweek's Evan Thomas. As Media Research Center quotes him,

The media want Kerry to win. They’re going to portray Kerry and Edwards as being young and dynamic and optimistic, and this glow is going to be worth maybe 15 points."

This single quote by a single editor at a single magazine apparently proves, according to the show, that liberal "media bias" exists. Yet a film gathering (1) former Foxies, (2) Fox memos, (3) independent studies of Fox viewers, (4) media commentators, and (5) clips from Fox shows is, by contrast, "not that fairly put together," said Eric Burns, the show's host. I guess they would know. They're the trademark holder for the words "Fair and Balanced" (at least until the challenge to that trademark gets resolved).

Ridiculous Infomercial Review

Ridiculous Infomercial Review 01/28/2004 03:25 AM
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1000 Ridiculous Tragedies

1000 Ridiculous Tragedies 11/16/2003 02:31 AM
absolutely most favorite websites? .. 1000 ridiculous tragedies .. finds amusement .. "And Then..." .. Owls McGee

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"ridiculous anti-Bush attack I've seen
yet"

"ridiculous anti-Bush attack I've seen
yet" 08/11/2004 08:52 PM

Domain Names Selling For Ridiculous
Prices Again

Domain Names Selling For Ridiculous
Prices Again 12/26/2003 02:55 PM
More evidence that we're approaching a rehash of 1999. We've seen dot com stock prices going up, IPOs from tech companies that actually do well, traffic increase in Silicon Valley and VC money that is being invested in dot coms with no revenue and no business model. Now, the latest sign of a returning dot com era is that domain names are beginning to fetch high prices again. Someone just sold men.com for $1.3 million, and others believe that the latest land rush for domain names is about to start again. While many of the original domain name speculators went out of business over the past few years, now they're coming back, and buying up as many domain names as possible.

"The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Black Metal
Pics Of All Time"

"The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Black Metal
Pics Of All Time" 08/15/2004 09:32 PM

Why the Sun-buying-Novell rumor is
ridiculous, Part 2

Why the Sun-buying-Novell rumor is
ridiculous, Part 2 08/14/2004 04:41 AM
Last issue, I took apart the rumor that Sun might be about to acquire Novell by looking at what Sun would have to pay compared to the value of the products that it might get - and be able to use. Today, we'll look at some of the intangibles that might also be part of the deal.

Why the Sun-buying-Novell rumor is
ridiculous, Part 1

Why the Sun-buying-Novell rumor is
ridiculous, Part 1 08/12/2004 03:54 AM
There was a huge amount of ink (both virtual and physical) spent on the non-story of the year circulating last week about the possibility of Sun buying Novell.

Phone DRM cartel lowers fees from
outrageous to merely ridiculous

Phone DRM cartel lowers fees from
outrageous to merely ridiculous 04/13/2005 05:46 PM
Cory Doctorow: Last month, I blogged about the deceptively named Open Mobile Alliance that provides DRM for music/movies on cellphones. The OMA licensing cost was $1 per handset, which means that buying OMA for all of last year's phones would have cost $684 million -- more than the total market for digital music.

The OMA has responded by generously cutting that licensing fee to $0.65/handset, which brings the cost of outfitting all the phones sold this year in line with the approximate market for digital music. Yeah, that'll work. Link (Thanks, Joe!)

Australian doping scandal udderly
ridiculous (Reuters)

Australian doping scandal udderly
ridiculous (Reuters) 08/10/2004 01:23 AM
Reuters - Australia's Olympic athletes aren't the only ones coming under anti-doping scrutiny.

Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Pics
of All Time- RUTHLESS REVIEWS

Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Pics
of All Time- RUTHLESS REVIEWS 08/16/2004 10:31 AM
Send in the clowns: Top 10 most ridiculous Black Metal pics

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Orrin Hatch's Other Ridiculous Copyright
Bill Passes The Senate

Orrin Hatch's Other Ridiculous Copyright
Bill Passes The Senate 06/26/2004 01:19 AM
It seems that Orrin Hatch is involved in just about every bizarre anti-consumer, pro-Hollywood piece of legislation these days. Just days after introducing his absolute ly ridiculous and dangerous INDUCE act, Hatch's PIRATE Act has passed the Senate without debate and via a voice vote, so there's no record of which of your Senators just agreed to take your tax money to fight Hollywood's battles. If you don't remember, the PIRATE Act would let the FBI work on civil cases against copyright infringers. In other words, cases that should be between two private parties, will now be handled by the federal government, using your tax money. There's simply no justification for this, other than some Senators wanting to pay back their entertainment industry backers by doing their legal work for them -- using your money.

this site full of ridiculous and
hysterical (and real) senior portraits

this site full of ridiculous and
hysterical (and real) senior portraits 09/11/2004 12:19 AM
seniors rule!

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"A Team Of International Observers Will
Monitor The Presidential Election In
November, According To The U.S. State
Department (How Ridiculous)"

"A Team Of International Observers Will
Monitor The Presidential Election In
November, According To The U.S. State
Department (How Ridiculous)" 08/10/2004 09:24 PM

""A Team Of International Observers Will
Monitor The Presidential Election In
November, According To The U.S. State
Department (How Ridiculous)""

""A Team Of International Observers Will
Monitor The Presidential Election In
November, According To The U.S. State
Department (How Ridiculous)"" 08/11/2004 02:40 AM

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