Television

Fake News + Bad Journalism = The New Normal — Mickey Z.

(Media Burn) Mickey Z. — World News Trust June 9, 2021 I’ve been interviewed dozens and dozens of times. Those experiences have sometimes left me shaking my head when I’d find factual errors in the ensuing articles and posts about myself. After all, who better than Mickey Z. to fact-check something written about Mickey Z.? Whenever I ponder these memories, I can’t help but see them through the le ...

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Are You a Free Agent or a Cyborg? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World New Trust April 26, 2021 “If something strikes me as probable, I say it; and that is how, unlike everyone else, I remain a free agent.” (Cicero) In a recent article, I shared with y ...

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9 Movies and Songs to Steel Us for 2021 — Mickey Z.

YouTube screenshot from Rocky (1976) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose December 21, 2020 2020 is not done with us yet. We are divided and exhausted and focused on the present. Yet, we have to simultaneous ...

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A Merry December to All! — Mickey Z.

Screenshot from a YouTube video entitled, “War On Christmas: Hannity and Athiest (sic) Debate” Mickey Z. — World News Trust December 8, 2020 Let me be the first to wish Sean Hannity an early Happy Wi ...

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Dr. Margaret McFarland: The Unsung Woman Behind Mister Rogers — Mickey Z.

Photo: The Fred Rogers Company Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 20, 2020 “There is no ‘act’ in Mister Rogers. How he behaves toward children on television is the same as how he behaves toward ch ...

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I’ll Take “Memories and Nostalgia” for $500, Alex — Mickey Z.

Still photo of the late Alex Trebek on the set of Jeopardy! (credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 15, 2020 Recently, I’ve written articles in reaction to the deaths of both Ruth Bade ...

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Signs of Early Onset Activist Syndrome — Mickey Z.

Photo: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 6, 2020 In my very young days, I lived in a fourth-floor apartment in a five-story, pre-war, walk-up building. On the second floor, you’d find a ...

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How to (still) Decode the Corporate-Owned Media | Mickey Z.

Photo by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust August 14, 2020 For many, many years, it was a frequent focus of mine to write about the media. More specifically, I dissected the corporate media and ...

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It’s not just Fox News: How liberal apologists torpedoed change, helped make the Democrats safe for Wall Street | Thomas Frank

Credit: Anthony FredaCenter-left pundits have carried water for the president for six years. Their predictable excuses all ring hollow Jan. 11, 2015 (Salon) -- As the Obama administration enters its ...

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The Age of TV Jokers: Arab Media on the Brink | Ramzy Baroud

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 13, 2014 As I was finalizing my research for this article, I found myself browsing through a heap of hilarious videos by mostly Egyptian TV show hosts Tawfiq Oka ...

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NutWorks! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust June 1, 2014 Anyone who has seen the 1976 film Network can only imagine how CLAIRVOYANT the film’s writer Paddy Chayefsky turned out to be. The film, a dark sa ...

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