StarSuckers

Starsuckers is a feature documentary about the celebrity obsessed media, that uncovers the real reasons behind our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the corporations and individuals who profit from it. Made completely independently over 2 years in secret, the film journeys through the dark underbelly of the modern media. Using a combination of never before seen footage, undercover reporting, stunts and animation, the film reveals the toxic effect the media is having on us all and especially our children. Chris Atkins presents Starsuckers as a series of five lessons on fame in the modern world: how children are persuaded that fame is something they want, how television and the media reinforces the importance of celebrity and the efforts to attain it, how the mind and body reinforces our need to follow the activities of well-known people and strive to join their number, how the press became addicted to celebrity coverage, and how the art of promoting fame has led to celebrities and their handlers controlling the press instead of the press having say. Along the way, Atkins demonstrates how celebrity news with no basis in fact gets into print, why newspapers will run press releases almost verbatim, how parents will eagerly sign away the image rights to their kids, how certain mass scale charity events end up helping the performers far more than the causes they designed to support, and how publicists keep accurate but unflattering stories out of the news.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Angry Moms Bought Down "News of the World"

http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/71-71/6597-angry-moms-brought-down-news-of-the-world
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Koppel on Todays News

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/28/ted-koppel-keith-olbermann-cnn_n_841457.html
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Fox News Lies Keep Them Out of Canada

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/276-74/5123-fox-news-lies-keep-them-out-of-canada
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Al-Jazeera English Blacked Out of Most of US

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/30/al-jazeera-english-us_n_816030.html?ref=fb&src=sp
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Friday, January 28, 2011

PRESSing Matters at the White House: Tables, Seats, and How Many, if Any?

Old But Interesting News about the White House Press, and who is and who aint important;
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=139657
and the subersive, underhanded, perhaps even downright illegal,..activites employed in the establishment and/or ascertaining thereof .
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Typohoid Marys Cognitive Reading Test

1- Find the C below....KEEP YOUR HAND OFF THE CURSOR

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

2- If you already found the C, now find the 6 below.

99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
69999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

3 - Now find the N below. It's a little more difficult.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these three tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you're far from having a close relationship with Mr Alzheimer.

Eonvrye who can raed this rsaie your hnad.

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid too

Can you raed this? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg.. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm.. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and some people think slpeling is ipmorantt! Lol. Not me!
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Freedom of Speech & Falsehoods in Media

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201011180047?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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