adrian monck

Month: July 2007

  • A is for Alzheimers, F is for Fake

    Paul Watson first brought Britain docu-soap in 1974 with a twelve part series, The Family. He also made Aussie-based titillater Sylvania Waters. His latest film, Malcolm & Barbara: Love’s farewell, is an altogether more sober affair about a marriage ending as husband Malcolm dies of complications arising from Alzheimers. ITV will air it on August…

  • The wisdom of Neil Postman

    Mike Rosenblum has been riffing over on his blog about Neil Postman and the U.S. presidential debates. Back in the day, Postman wrote 1980s media classic Amusing Ourselves to Death, which blames telegraphy for all our modern woes. IMO, before the telegraph, information overload came in the the form of religious works (try reading the…

  • Selling newspapers…

    [Hat Tip: NoCommentNews]

  • Helen Thomas

    Sits at the front of the White House press briefings. She was forty when John F. Kennedy won the presidency, and he was the first president she reported on. George W. Bush probably won’t be the last. For an 86 year old she’s pretty active. Just the other day she spoke at a fundraiser for…