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...Howard Zinn, in his book "Terrorism and War" (Seven Stories Press; 159 pages; $9.95) makes many of the same points as Chomsky (and in the same interview format), but in a tone more of sorrow than of anger: he comes off as Chomsky Lite. "We have to think about this awful thing that happened on September 11," Zinn states. "We need to feel deeply for the victims and the families. But we also need to learn from it." Part of the learning process is to try to make an effort to understand why those people contemptuously (and simple-mindedly) dismissed...
...skip commercials, pause live programs and watch shows at their own pace, rather than on a broadcaster's schedule. So British subscribers to the TiVo DVR service took it as a personal insult when the BBC comedy Dossa and Joe was automatically recorded on their machines in a format they could not delete. The BBC, which struck a deal with TiVo to promote Dossa and Joe, admits the aggressive tactic was a bad idea. But it raises the bigger question of who dictates what DVR owners watch. One in five never watch commercials, which scares television executives who depend...
...fill." This is how JIMMY KIMMEL explains the news last week that in January he will take over the midnight time slot on ABC now occupied by Bill Maher and Politically Incorrect. Kimmel, who co-hosts the Comedy Central fratfest The Man Show, has not yet figured out the format of his new program, which will follow Nightline, but chances are it won't include one Man Show staple: underattired women jumping on trampolines. "Barbara Walters refused to go on a trampoline, so I suggested a pogo stick," he says. This should finally push Ted Koppel over the edge...
...precisely because of the sitcom format, Poussaint says, that the show did not directly confront issues of race and class...
...that party is over, and the guests are stampeding for the exits. For the first time in the format's history, CD sales are dropping globally, according to a tally released late last month. At the same time, companies such as Apple and Gateway are pushing the power of computers that help users create personalized mixed CDs. Consumers love these innovations, which give them what they want--easy access to favorite tunes anywhere they choose. They are clearly willing to pay for this convenience, as shown by the $1.6 billion they spent last year on CD burners, blank...