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...truth of the matter is, as hard as they try to keep in character (and they try pretty hard), the Billionaires are only ironically for Bush. Far from being the obscenely wealthy’s first explicit lobbying group, they are a particularly meta feather in the left wing, seeking to present the excesses of the Bush administration with jokey, street-theatre tactics powered by firm liberalism. Adopting outsize Bush-loving personas, the Billionaires spout often-scripted lines about what they say—well, heavily imply—is a president who has catered dangerously to the top wealth...
Aside from violent and sexually explicit content, the study found that smoking, which is not a criterion for MPAA rating, appeared in 79 percent of films while 93 percent of films had instances of alcohol, tobacco or drug use, including 51 percent of G-rated movies...
...whereas JFK merely spun conspiracy theories about a dead President, Fahrenheit 9/11 goes after a sitting one with the explicit goals of unmasking his supposed crimes and removing him from office. Back when political bosses picked candidates and the rules of the game were arbitrated by newspaper editors and three network anchormen, for a mere movie even to attempt such a thing would have seemed folly. Today people get their news and, just as important, their attitudes from more rambunctious sources--the polarized polemicists on talk radio and cable news channels, comedians and webmasters. That's poli-tainment...
Keeping kids from viewing porn online has never been tougher. Even when you're trying to avoid it, sexually explicit material pops up everywhere, from mistyped URLs for popular sites to links embedded in instant messages. The Supreme Court decision last week to block enforcement of a rule that would have placed the burden of censorship on Web operators serves as a good reminder to parents to evaluate their family policy on what type of material is O.K. for their kids to view. While parental supervision is always a good idea, software filters can help...
...Gore's 2000 "the people vs. the powerful" campaign slogan, for example, combines smart analysis and a haymaker: "The problem with the slogan was that it didn't give Al the full benefit of our record of economic and social progress or put into sharp relief Bush's explicit commitment to undo that progress. Also, the populist edge sounded to some swing voters as if Al, too, might change the economic direction of the country...