Liberal bias in the media? Not so, says Fair. The left-leaning media watchdog (formal name: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), claims that Sunday morning news are “failing miserably” at booking diverse guests, politically speaking. In looking at Face the Nation on CBS, ABC’s This Week, Fox News Sunday, and NBC’s Meet the Press (moderator David Gregory pictured, right) from June 2011 to February 2012, Fair found that 86 percent of guests in one-on-one interviews were male, 92 percent were white, and 70% of the guests with avowed ties to a particular political party identified as Republican. Said Peter Hart, who authored the report,...
- 4/18/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal quoted a pollster heralding the 2010 midterm contest as “the JetBlue election.” Democratic pollster Peter Hart told the paper that the races are “being pulled by the sentiment associated with the JetBlue flight attendant who fled his plane via the emergency chute after an altercation with a passenger.” He extends the metaphor slightly, just reaching the point of lucidity: “Everyone’s hurling invective and they're all taking the emergency exit.” Ah! Well, in fairness, people do seem angry; people usually seem angry, though. (Perhaps our natural state is simply one of agitation?) In any event, “the JetBlue election” lacks that certain je ne sais quoi that’s contributed to the appeal of other electoral appellations (cf. the Mumsnet Election, the Web 2.0 Election, the Facebook Election, etc.) After the jump, some different ideas for denominations that are at least as arbitrary and convenient:...
- 8/12/2010
- Vanity Fair
Ben Kingsley – sorry, Sir Ben Kingsley – is shaping up to be a very busy man.The actor has lined up no fewer than five films through his production company, Sbk Films (wonder what that stands for?), with firm commitments to star in at least three. First up is naval drama Jutland 1916, about an epic sea battle that took place during World War I. Sir Ben will play Admiral John Jellicoe, while Nick Willing will adapt the screenplay from the book by Peter Hart. Then there’s Duncan, a romantic fantasy written by Barton Randall about a woman who – swear to God – reconnects with her childhood elephant toy. Kingsley will voice the toy. The 64 year old actor/producer will also star as Charles Curtis, the only part-Native American to serve as Us Vice-President in Whispers Like Thunder, a tale about three Native-American sisters and their 65-year legal battle to protect a...
- 11/18/2008
- EmpireOnline
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