BBC America moving to showcase the worst of TV

I’ve been an avid watcher of only two news programs in the morning before work: NY1 and BBC America’s broadcast of World News America. NY1 captivates my attention for the pure local news with no spin or sensationalism, and in the morning, I love their “In the Papers” section as it gives me a snap of all the major and local rags should I want to pick up one, or go online later to read more in depth news. World News America is an excellent source of world news without the US “Mainstream Media” spin and again, sensationalism. The show also covers issues not discussed in the national coverage like Darfur, education issues in India and even how the world is perceiving America and our new president.

The other options us Americans have are light and crappy morning shows like the Today Show (NBC), Good Morning America (ABC), The Early Show (CBS), filled with filler TV about today’s fashion, cookery, recipes, entertainment news, reality TV plugs and maybe the top 2-3 headlines. There’s also the other 3 cable networks Fox, MSNBC and CNN. Only Fox offers their own version of local news before going into their own morning show: Fox and Friends. MSNBC offers Morning Joe and CNN has American Morning. Each of these three morning programs broadcast a lite version of their biased heavy evening news coverage from the night before. There’s no discussion of local issues and weather, and really I don’t need to wake up to this bullshit.

As of the first of this month, BBC America has decided to drop the morning program of the news and replaced it with their Trash in the Attic show. As a result, for the first time, I registered to BBC’s discussion board to post and register my complaint of this. Who watches Crap in the Attic anyway besides the over 60? Is this the type of programing the British think Americans would enjoy? What’s next a show about growing and brewing tea?

Bring back my morning news BBC America!

Porn on College Campus to be legislated out?

In reality, that statement is like saying cafeteria food is shite. The big issue I read about while down in DC this weekend was a local sen. Andrew P. Harris (R-Baltimore County) got wind of the University of Maryland’s film screening event of “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge,” and is proposing a budget amendment which adds that any public university that allows the screening of a triple-X film would forfeit state funding for that year.

The University originally caved and canceled the showing, then a student uproar ensued and the showing is back on; not because of the forbidding of porn but the rights issue of political representatives pushing regulation on morality grounds. The GOP has been largely hypocritical when it comes to standing up against the “Nanny state” issues but pushing hard against adult related freedoms like sex and pornography.

Pornography has been shown on college campuses, other than in the locked dorm rooms of the male population but when “Deep Throat” made the original rounds. Why was the university showing this film? I suppose no one comes out any more to the Student Union, as one student claimed “Campus is gay and only the freshman have zero social life to spend their time hanging around there”. Porn is the way to bring back campus pride maybe?

Pirates II is probably one of the biggest budget porn movies (from the tailor below), and it’s been screening all over the country at Universities including Fresno and Davis University. It of course has a plot aka those parts most men fast forward through and it’s being shown to legally allowed persons over 18.

The most ironic thing about this is Mr. Harris’s campaign to ban the movie has provided millions in free publicity to the producers and he’s succeed in at least doubling the audience for this movie than originally planned had he just left well alone. The more you tell kids you can’t do something, human nature kicks in and becomes even more curious.

Western Spaghetti by PES

This short film was written and directed by PES where everyday objects become delicious ingredients as we learn how to cook spaghetti through stop-motion photography. 2009 Sundance Winner: Honorable Mention