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Monthly Archives: January 2014
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Obama nomination of Mumia Abu Jamal lawyer stirs controversy
“There is no disputing that Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner was murdered by this thug [Mumia Abu Jamal],” the group said in a letter to the president opposing Adegbile’s nomination. “His just sentence — death — was undone by your nominee and others like him who turned the justice system on its head with unfounded and unproven allegations of racism.”
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GOV Cuomo: Pro-Lifers (Christians) ‘Have No Place’ in New York !
Conservative Republicans have no place in New York with their right-wing views because “that’s not what New Yorkers are,” Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says.
“Who are they?” Cuomo said on Albany’s The Capitol Pressroom radio show Friday, reports the New York Post.
“Right-to-life, pro-assault weapons, anti-gay — if that’s who they are, they have no place in the state of New York because that’s not who New Yorkers are,” he continued.
Cuomo said his words don’t extend to moderate Republicans, such as those in the state Senate, who he believes “have a place in their state.”
Further, Cuomo complained that Republicans with “extreme” views create an identity crisis for their own party, and give people more to worry about than himself or other Democrats.
“Their problem isn’t me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves,” said Cuomo.
Further, he said conservative Republicans’ views are out of step with most New Yorkers’ and said the GOP needs to back moderates to win seats this fall.
“You have a schism within the Republican Party,” Cuomo said. “They’re searching to define their soul. That’s what’s going on . . . It’s a mirror of what’s going on in Washington.”
Michael Long, who heads the state Conservative Party, told The Buffalo News that Cuomo’s rhetoric went too far.
“For him to try to paint people who have different points of view that they are odd and extreme, I think is bad language for the governor of the state of New York,” said Long.
He said he also thought it was curious that Cuomo’s comments concerned internal strife, when Democrats are also facing infighting.
Cuomo officials said the governor’s remarks were aimed at “extremist” conservative candidates and not the general population, the Buffalo paper reports.
The officials also noted that Cuomo said in his interview that it is “fine” if conservative Republicans oppose abortion, gun control, and gay marriage — but their positions are out of step with 70 percent of New Yorkers.
“I guess the governor believes if you don’t believe the way he does, there’s not room in what he thinks is his state,” said Long.
“I believe this state is made up of men and women from Niagara Falls to Montauk Point who have all sorts of views, some who believe in the Second Amendment, some who believe in traditional marriage, some who believe government, especially in New York State, spends too much money and taxes are too high.”
And even though Cuomo didn’t name names, Buffalo’s Carl Paladino, who ran unsuccessfully against Cuomo in 2010, has threatened to campaign against moderate Republicans in Albany as well as against Cuomo.
Paladino Friday called Cuomo’s remarks the thoughts “of a liberal elitist … who thinks New York is his little play toy.”
Further, Paladino accused Cuomo of being “narcissistic,” saying the governor was illustrating what kind of person he is.
“He doesn’t believe in debate or opposition,” Paladino said.
Sundance: Why WME Recused Itself from ‘Chicagoland’ Series Featuring Rahm Emanuel
Directors Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin did not want to create a conflict of interest when making a CNN show about the mayor of Chicago, brother of WME co-CEO Ari Emanuel.
PARK CITY — Chicagoland directors Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin found themselves in an awkward situation when they began working on the eight-part non-scripted series that chronicles the politics and policy of the Windy City.
The William Morris Endeavor clients decided to ask that their agency not represent them in the deal so as to avoid a conflict of interest when covering Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, brother of WME co-CEO Ari Emanuel. The agency agreed with the decision.
“We didn’t want to be questioned about anything,” says Levin, who is in Park City for the Sundance premiere of episode one of Chicagoland on Sunday.
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CNN is launching the series, which is being executive produced by Robert Redford, beginning on March 6. CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker, Redford and the filmmakers will be on hand for a Q&A following the premiere on Sunday. Redford is also repped by WME.
The filmmakers tell The Hollywood Reporter that the project is an evenhanded look at the mayor and the city, which was rocked by a bitter teacher’s strike and has grappled with a high murder rate. “The teacher’s union thought we were with Rahm, and Rahm thought we were the teacher’s union,” Benjamin says.
The pair gained extraordinary access to Rahm Emanuel, which was facilitated by David Axelrod, the Chicago-based former campaign adviser to President Barack Obama. Rahm was Obama’s first chief of staff and helped him get elected in 2008. Ari was instrumental in mobilizing the Hollywood donor community to back Obama.
Levin and Benjamin shot footage over an eight-month period in which the murder rate did go down, but they say they were prepared to cover the city’s story however it unfolded. “We expect criticism,” says Levin. “So long as it’s from all sides, we’ll be happy. If someone says we’re too kind or too critical to one side, that wouldn’t be good.”
As for whether or not they will continue to be represented by WME agent Dan Shear now that Chicagoland is behind them, Levin jokes, “We’ll see on Sunday.”
UNCLE JAY EXPLAINS NETNEUTRALITY
CNN crisis actor revealed
What was once thought to be a crisis actor, interviewed multiple times after the Boston Marathon bombings, appears to be a CNN Pentagon Correspondent posing as multiple different witnesses.
Most people would agree that they would appreciate being able to trust their local and national news to provide a balanced and honest representation of facts and events. The last few decades, however, has proven that to be virtually impossible to ask for.
Despite what is typically a polished and professional appearance, constant reminders of a blatant disregard for old-time journalistic standards and what now seems to be a perma-lean toward the establishment, at the expense of the people and its grassroots, has long since destroyed the believability of almost anything stated on major radio or television.
If it’s not an almost childlike bias toward either conservative or liberal values proudly emanating from entities like FOX News and MSNBC, major agencies from all points of view have been caught doing things like manipulating audio or video for political and other purposes, reporting and/or omitting specific stories or realities for the protection of individuals or establishments and more than a handful of other credibility-destroying examples.
Perhaps nothing epitomizes the circumstances better than a 2003 story from the, you–can’t–make–this–stuff–up, stack of news. When all hope of being able to count on the mainstream media for honest and accurate reporting was thrown out the window, after a federal judge ruled in favor of the establishment media’s ability to purposely misrepresent facts and openly lie to the public, without retribution or liability.
End of film: Paramount first studio to stop distributing film prints
By Richard Verrier
January 17, 2014, 3:47 p.m.
In a historic step for Hollywood, Paramount Pictures has become the first major studio to stop releasing movies on film in the United States.
Paramount recently notified theater owners that the Will Ferrell comedy “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” which opened in December, would be the last movie that would it would release on 35-millimeter film.
The studio’s Oscar-nominated film “The Wolf of Wall Street” from director Martin Scorsese is the first major studio film that was released all digitally, according to theater industry executives who were briefed on the plans but not authorized to speak about them.
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The decision is significant because it is likely to encourage other studios to follow suit, accelerating the complete phase-out of film, possibly by the end of the year. That would mark the end of an era: film has been the medium for the motion picture industry for more than a century.