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September 25, 2005

Music Video for "George Bush Don't Like Black People (Remix)"

Here's the music video for the underground hit which samples Kanye West's "Golddigger" (along with his famous statement at the Katrina benefit) for a darkly comic attack on Bush for the New Orleans disaster and plenty more:

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2680444

Posted by tedf at 03:59 AM | Comments (0)

September 03, 2005

Kanye West Blasts Bush During NBC Hurrican Relief Concert - Censored on West Coast Broadcast

This is what Pierre Bourdieu called "doxa" in action - the policing of the boundaries of accepted public discourse. Kanye West didn't curse, he just told the truth as he and many others see it; that was enough to get him censored. See this Billboard article for the details:

Kanye West Rips Bush During NBC Telethon

Posted by tedf at 12:33 PM | Comments (0)

September 01, 2005

TV Coverage of New Orleans

From what I've seen so far, it looks like CNN is doing a good job of covering the full ramifications of the flood, while NBC is milking human tragedy to provide a platform for promoting Brian Williams as the next star TV personality. I haven't had the heart to see how Fox is handling things.

Here's a solid NYT piece on ths subject:

Television Finds Covering Area Hit by Storm Is Like Working in a War Zone - New York Times

Posted by tedf at 02:16 AM | Comments (0)