When TV Goes Wrong

I think some of the best TV happens when things go wrong. These are some lilarious moments from the history of TV.
Enjoy!


Watch the Bill O'reilly Part on this one. 0:51. Really funny!

Leave it to Beaver

I guess this is what TV was like in the 50's. It's not bad, I think it's entertaining. Everything seemed so innocencent on TV during that time. May there were only a couple channels to choose from back then, but the shows on the few channels seemed pretty good. And maybe people not being expoxed to all some of the worse shows we have today was worth the small variety. I doubt it, but it's a thought.

Color TV!!!

I Don't Speak German, but this video's description says that is is that start of color TV in Germany 1967. Pretty funny stuff. It's crazy how far technology has come. Cell phones have more power those gaint TV's ever did. I wonder what of technology future generations will have to compare our cell phones.

Future of Radio

Interesting commentary on the relationship between satellite and traditional radio. They describe it as a “radio war,” but I don’t see why satellite radio and terrestrial radio can’t exist together. I don’t think that everyone is going to be willing to pay a subscription to radio. Even if the content is better with satellite radio, you can’t beat the price of traditional radio.

Hitler’s Last Broadcast Speech

This is Hitler’s last broadcast speech on January 30th, 1945. Another historic example of the importance of radio five years after Chamberlain’s declaration of war, this radio broadcast captured the voice of one of the most influential dictators in the 20th century, allowing us a great deal of insight into a period of history that shaped the world we live in today.

Importance of Radio

I think this video of Prime Minister Chamberlain’s declaration of war on September 3rd 1939 is a good example of the importance of radio. Without this broadcast the people of Britain could have never heard directly from their Prime Minster, the explanation of his unavoidable choice to declare war against Germany.

"Shark 'Photo of the Year' Is E-Mail Hoax"

Here's a cool story in National Geographic about a fake picture which was spliced from two real pictures. Each picture is pretty cool on it's own, but together they're unbelievable.

These are the two original pictures, and then the spliced hoax version. This is a good example of how pictures can be drasticly photoshopped. The appilcations to media bias are endless.

An Examination of Palestinian Journalism: Pallywood

This video suggests that Palestinian journalists stage scenes of Israeli-Palestinian violent conflicts to advance their political ideologies. Interesting, but some of the examination of the videos seems less than 100% convincing.

Youtube description- “The term "Pallywood" refers to the staging of scenes by Palestinian journalists in order to present the Palestinians as hapless victims of Israeli aggression. They are able to succeed in this endeavor in large part due to the credulity and eagerness of the Western press to present these images, which reinforce the image of the Palestinian David struggling valiantly against the overpowering Israeli Goliath. Pallywood has led to astonishing lapses in Western journalistic standards in which badly staged scenes regularly appear on the news as "real events."
For those interested in an in-depth look into how propaganda is really produced and created, this is a must see.”

Who's being Biased

According to honestreporting.com this picture was published July 27, in the New York Times. Apparently, the times ran a caption saying that the civilian was dead which according to this honestreporting.com he was actually alive. honestreporting.com also suggests that the event which the photograph was taken was a some kind of a rescue mission not a Israeli attack. The website seems a sort of sketchy. Maybe it’s the honestreporting.com that is being bias. Check out the article to decide for yourself. Scoll down about 1/4 of the page to see this part.