9/11 has become the subject for numerous novels, films and television series. A number have effectively described the character of the events and their psychological impact, few have shed much light on their source and larger implications.
The Jab, Star Wars, and the Bubble Net of Digital Gulags
In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it s the fast fish which eats the slow fish. Klaus Schwab
by Paul Haeder / May 22nd, 2021
See, hear, speak no evil!
And, we are the slow fish, the 80 percent:
The world’s 85 richest individuals possess as much wealth as the 3.5 billion souls who compose the poorer half of the world’s population, or so it was announced in a report by Oxfam International. The assertion sounds implausible to me. I think the 85 richest individuals, who together are worth many hundreds of billions of dollars, must have far more wealth than the poorest half of our global population.
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Trial By Media looks at six different court cases and how the media influenced, sensationalised or exploited them in pursuit of ratings and publicity. Trial By Media This six-episode series has been around for a year now, but it deserves to be seen, or seen again. The episodes each look at a recent court case and how the media influenced, sensationalised or exploited the case in pursuit of ratings and publicity. Ignoring the obvious – OJ Simpson et al, already covered in great depth by other shows –
Trial By Media kicks off by revisiting the case of Jon Schmitz, who murdered a close friend, just a few days after the friend revealed on
You can watch documentaries for a very long time without encountering a more magnetic and fearless performance than that given by Adam Steed in this film. You may have reservations about the word “performance” in the context of a documentary, but it is a term I use without disparagement regardless of the craft a filmmaker brings to bear in the construction of a film, or the inherent intrigue of its plot or premise, great documentaries must have compelling subjects perform compellingly on camera. Steed “performs” the role of brave truth-teller, recounting the painful and horrific abuse he suffered as a youth in the Boy Scouts and his betrayal by the Mormon church in a manner so heart-breakingly open and vulnerable that it clicks the rest of the byzantine layers of the plot into place, providing the emotional core that makes Brian Knappenberger’s latest film unforgettable.