Jeffrey P. Jones
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Contrarianism
I get that contrarianism is what academics do best, but I find these sweeping generalizations and dismissals backed by popular press writing (devoid of any reference to qualitative or quantitative scholarship) generally unhelpful. Not sure where to begin ... -
Rand Paul
The Birchers have been on my mind a lot over the last year as the Tea Party "Movement" has gotten off the ground. So thanks for this clip. Like with Glenn Beck, it's good to be reminded of the media forms and rhetors that participated in th ... -
Buckley versus Fox
As condescending, biased, and patronizing as Buckley's introductory comments are, the central difference between his enterprise and that which we find today (even with George Will) is that he is willing to hold a conversation. George Will can' ... -
Goo d Point
Actually, Heather is correct. Buckley really never was interested in "conversation" as much as making the guests he disagreed with look bad. He had his strategy mapped out, for sure. Perhaps what this clip reminds me of is the pace of televisio ... -
one other correction
I guess I should have said, at least Buckley is willing to "engage" the other in a public space--to at least let the other person have his or her say. That is certainly something that is very hard to find with the conservative stars today. ... -
I guess I disagree that this
I guess I disagree that this is identity politics or a politics of difference, unless you consider some of the objects of his attack--40s, black-on-black fighting, hip-hop music, BET, the NBA--as "politics." Seems to me it is an attack on " ... -
Hate to be a contrarian
Hate to be a contrarian here, and I certainly would need to know more info on the program and its intentions, but instead of invoking Althusser here, could this simply be a more benignly intentioned version of distance learning--using technology to provid ... -
Thanks for the comments.
Thanks for the comments. Here are some follow-up thoughts. Again, I would suggest you check out the link above to my Flow article, where you can see government access videos from across the U.S. that are of very high quality--actually very interesting to ... -
The ultimate question, of
The ultimate question, of course, is what do we do when cities fail to provide for the P--public access channels? I live in the largest MSA in the state of Virginia, in a metro area with 7 cities--none of which have a public access station. Your scenario ...