Broadcasting Critic Prints

Trivia Pursuit

Trial by Media

Squeezing the Free Press.

'Personally I take all these programmes with a pinch of salt.'

Department of Theatre, Film and Television: Lights...Camera...Unemployment!

News and Magazines. Celebrity gossip. Sports scandals. Political bickering. We're out of the "information age" and well into the "too much information age"!

"And now here's Cathie with the hypothetical portion of the news."

Donald Trump Playing Golf With Hair On Fire

'This has the makings of their toughest season ever.'

BBC - Crisis Management, Damage Control and Liability Supervision.

Difference of Opinion

Meet the Enemy

'There's nothing on.'

"If I 'HAD IT ALL' it would it be enough?"

'Thank heavens! For a minute there I thought it was the news!'

Public Relations: Reputations cleaned and repaired

"I'm more of a 'How Jen stays thin' person than a 'Why Jen won't let Brad alone' person."

Man: 'How cute. He must like the movement.' Cat: 'There are some challenging themes here but little or no dramatic resonance.'

Caution: Driver Watching "Hard Copy"

Stop! Stop what? Do not change the channel! Sex, death, harrowing footage of the most remarkable story you've ever seen, tattoos, rock-n-roll, action, action, action! It's all coming right up, right after this five second break for station identification. Five seconds ... You're watching Rock Television. And now back to our ... bored. Welcome to ABC. We've got thrills, action, more thrills ... Click. I've got your action right here. We've created a monster. Click click click click click cl-

"And by president we mean the one on Saturday night tv, not the real one. He kinda sucks."

Trump Poutine

Florida Governor, Rick Scott, cuts funding for rape victims.

"The regular Fox news commentator was canned for being too soft on Iran. I'm Dick Cheney."

"I always forget what an expert I am in curling."

Sci-Fi Museum. New Exhibit. H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. In 1938, Orson Welles broadcast "War of the Worlds," a radio drama about aliens from Mars invading earth. The radio drama was presented as a series of fake news reports about devastation caused by the invading aliens. Many listeners turned in to the program mid-roadcast and thought the news reports were real. Widespread panic ensued. Wow! Orson Welles caused all that panic with a radio program. Just imagine what he could have don

'Contrary to the popular view, our studies show that it is real life that contributes to violence on television.'

'Everything is illusory? -- Even reality shows?'

Can't Touch This

"Which news channel should we watch?"

"This just in: one of us always tells lies; the other always tells the truth. Who's who? Stay tuned."

"It's wonderful to be away from the rat race. So, what happened on 'CSI: Miami' last night?"

'What does it say, Dad?'

"Since you have already been convicted by the media, I imagine we can wrap this up pretty quickly."

"Er...nothing much has happened yet today...."