Front the have some connection to politics. So i think it has a pretty big impact. Of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the popculture scene . I will answer with a movie we distributed. We distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop. It was done by a guy named armando and it was a british take on politics. Armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. What impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. We have mad men was quote and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call hell on wheels, wetv,
Armando went on to do a wonderful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. Jeff daniels just won a big award for his work. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. On amc, we have mad men and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call killing, hell on wheels. On wetv, which is a channel for women, we have a lot of shows, including a whole bunch specifically targeted for africanamerican women that are quite popular, including something called braxton family values. And ifc, a channel devoted to independent film. We have taken a left turn and make a lot of comedies. One of them is called portlandia. And a couple of other new ones coming up, in addition to comedy bang
Increased presence. Commanders across asia strengthen their personnel and equipment to back up their claims to territory. Chinese commanders are doing more to make their presence known in the South China Sea. Theyre beefing up their equipment as others beef up their forces. Theyve deployed a patrol vessel off the Southern Province for the first time. The Maritime Safety administration launched this ship, running more than 90 meters long. It has a heli pad. China is locked in territorial disputes with several countries. Diplomats are expected to react strongly to deployment of a larger ship. Commanders in the philippines are trying to bolster their control over some islands in the South China Sea. Theyve begun staging elite marps on the islands. Senior military Officials Say they started deploying marines in october. They had already stationed naval officers there. The commanders say theyve almost doubled the number of personnel on some of the islands. The marines underwent training to
Increased presence. Commanders across asia strengthen their personnel and equipment to back up their claims to territory. Chinese commanders are doing more to make their presence known in the South China Sea. Theyre beefing up their equipment as others beef up their forces. Theyve deployed a patrol vessel off the Southern Province for the first time. The Maritime Safety administration launched this ship, running more than 90 meters long. It has a heli pad. China is locked in territorial disputes with several countries. Diplomats are expected to react strongly to deployment of a larger ship. Commanders in the philippines are trying to bolster their control over some islands in the South China Sea. Theyve begun staging elite marps on the islands. Senior military Officials Say they started deploying marines in october. They had already stationed naval officers there. The commanders say theyve almost doubled the number of personnel on some of the islands. The marines underwent training to
Issue through comedy and satire. It is called dear white people. A group of black students at a fictional, predominantly white, Ivy League School. We will speak with actor Marque Richardson, an awardwinning firsttime director Justin Simien. I say to all the white people in the audience, on behalf of all of the black people in the world, you have the right to left. You get a free honorary lacquered with the two sundance ticket. It is meant to be a satire. I think if you start with the title for you get the kneejerk reaction it is going to be an hourlong indictment, you miss the point. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is holding an emergency meeting with g7 leaders in the netherlands today following russias annexation of crimea. The session comes as the russian government continues to strengthen its control of crimea , seizing more bases and attaining detaining ukrainian commanders. The cr