Filed Under (Hypocrisy) by Don C on 27-10-2007
I guess the Edwards campaign got their way
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If someone gets tired of Google’s heavy-handedness and moves to one of the many other video streaming services and the YouTube service is a distant also ran in the arena, will the video still have a relevant showing in Google’s search pages? Could Google damage it’s integrity enough with YouTube censorship to do serious damage to it’s primary business of providing fast, accurate searches?
If I spend valuable time producing and publishing a story only to have my streaming video service provider, in the above case Google under the YouTube brand, only to find it’s been pulled by the provider for any reason other than clear copyright infringement, I will not be inclined to waste my time using their service in the future.
Google needs to start telling the constant complainers and whiners, like John Edwards and his sniveling campaign, who try to stifle the free-flow of information to take it to court.
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Filed Under (Culture War) by Don C on 27-10-2007
Anti-war skids at the boxoffice, despite all-star, award-whining casts:
It doesn’t matter how many Oscar winners are in front of or behind the camera — audiences are proving to be conscientious objectors when it comes to this fall’s surge of antiwar and anti-Bush films.
Both “In the Valley of Elah” and, more recently, “Rendition” drew minuscule crowds upon their release, which doesn’t bode well for the ongoing stream of films critical of the Iraq war and the Bush administration’s wider war on terror.
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Beyond the fiction features, the anti-Iraq war documentary “No End in Sight” (box office: $1.4 million) couldn’t capture the indie crowd, beating a swift retreat to DVD next Tuesday despite glowing reviews.
Makes me happy. Couldn’t happen to a better group of people. I was hoping the whole slew of anti-American flicks would fall flat on their faces for their fecal fecundity. Wasn’t optimistic, but there is a glimmer:
A film that took a principled stand, particularly against terrorism, might fare better with audiences, Mr. Gray says.
Films with bold perspectives also spark op-ed flurries which can lead to more ticket buyers, says Dan Vancini, movies editor with Amazon.com.
“Then, you’ll get your audience in who already resonates with the message,” Mr. Vancini says, though he adds such free publicity isn’t always a good thing.
The problem is that no one resonates with a message of retreat and surrender, the lefties just hate Bush because he is threat to free and easy abortions.
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