Bartcop Entertainment - Tuesday, 25 February, 2003
Tuesday
25 February, 2003
(Updated Daily)
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Issue #43
Disinfotainment Today
By Michael Dare
Making fun of the future...
One president at a time.
ISSUE #43
is brought to you by
The Price of Gas
Dueling Headlines
George W. Bush Declares War on Sparklers
After 96 people were killed by a fire in a night club that was started by a band with sparklers, George W. Bush declared "This kind of music has got to stop."
The FBI revealed that before their terrorist act, the band had been given shelter in a Ramada Inn run by a ruthless "musician" hiding out in room 111. The invasion of the Ramada Inn is expected to level the building. "We consider it a worthy sacrifice," said Colin Powell. "What's one Ramada Inn if we can prevent another fire brought about by bad music."
Rumors that the invasion is actually just a ploy to get free hotel rooms continue to sweep the Internet, but Bush insists it's not "blood for two doubles and unlimited cable."
"We've seen the face of evil," said Powell. "It's hiding out in a Ramada Inn, so the only American thing to do is raze the place."
New Plan for Dealing with Illegal Aliens
"We're going to give them all transplants of organs from donors that aren't their blood type," said U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona. "Jesica Santillan was just the beginning."
Question for Hans Blix
I understand you've ordered Iraq to destroy its Al Samoud missiles within a week. Seems like a waste of perfectly good missiles. Why can't they just sell them back to us?
Poster of the Week
To buy this, and other great political posters,
go to the
Mark Vallen's site
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Calling All Priests
Helpful Hints
What Real Women Do With Duct Tape
Calling All Couch Potatoes
Don't Take My Word For It
"Three thousand miles just to get laid. I really respect that."
- Larry Hankin in The Sure Thing (1985) -
"To justify the indefensible, [Bush] talks about "appeasement" and compares Saddam with Hitler. But one of the reasons Hitler was appeased was that he commanded a frightening, nearly invincible war machine. It took almost the entire world to defeat him, and it was a close thing at that. The Second World War lasted from 1939 to 1945. Will it take six years to defeat Saddam, or six days, or six hours? Whatever his intentions, he has no tanks, no airplanes, no submarines, no nothing. Anyone comparing this guy with Hitler has no understanding of how terrible Hitler was.
- Nicholas von Hoffman, An Imperial Adventure For Anglo-Saxon Powers,
observer.com
"How do you lose a P.R. war with Saddam Hussein? I mean, how could you be so inept that this lying thug dope addict serial killer is beating us in the court of world opinion. How could you be that inept?...Why is this administration so inept that it is letting this clown beat the living tar out of them in the court of world opinion?...The problem is that this administration is so inept it can't even beat a thug at a P.R. war."
- James Carville, Crossfire, 02/19/03 -
"You'd be surprised how many kings are only a queen with a mustache."
- Hans Christian Anderson (the movie) -
"On the streets of New York I saw the kind of freedom George Bush has vowed to give to Iraq - menacing squads of riot police. In an attempt to sabotage this deafening chorus of disapproval, blue helmeted officers backed by horses confined pockets of protesters to Manhattan side streets. At the corner of 24th and Sixth, 30 blocks from the rallying point, I watched incredulous as around 200 baton wielding police set about a group of 100, feverishly tearing down their banners. The provocation? Not staying on the pavement. Saddam's goons would have been proud."
- Richard Wallace, New York Says No, mirror.co.uk -
"Man was created last for the following reason: If he is deserving, he shall find all of nature at his service; if he is undeserving, he shall find all of nature arrayed against him."
- Pinhas Shapiro, the Zaddik of Koretz -
"The eradication of the craving for personal separateness is Liberation."
- Sankara -
"A person should be more concerned with spiritual than with material matters, but another person's material welfare is his own spiritual concern."
- Rabbi Israel Salanter -
"I think the responsibility of an artist is to just get to know themselves really well. To put yourself in your work and not pretend to be somebody else. Don't try to be somebody you admire."
- Steven Spielberg -
"As we head for war with Iraq, Americans should reflect and be grateful for combat sacrifices made by our veterans, such as Sen. Inouye (lost an arm), Sen. John McCain (six years as a POW), Bob Kerrey (lost a leg) and Max Cleland (lost both legs and an arm).
"However, we veterans are most impressed by the sacrifices of Vietnam-era veteran George W. Bush, who lost his memory for nearly a whole year concerning where he was and what he was doing from mid-1972 to mid-1973 when he was supposed to be serving in the Texas Air National Guard.
"Loss of limbs pale in comparison with our president's unique personal sacrifice. We are fortunate to have such a selfless and patriotic man leading us to war."
- Chris Riser, a veteran of Desert Storm -
"I will never apologize for the United States. I don't care what the facts are."
- George Bush -
"I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."
- Adlai Stevenson, 1952 -
Good Idea
I Feel So Much Safer Now
U.N. Weapons inspectors were
arrested when they tried to inspect Raytheon Missile Systems in Phoenix.
Only If Billy Hayes Gets to be Head of the DEA (Drug Enhancement Agency)
After we've bombed Iraq to smithereens, the
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia thinks Saudi Arabia should lead a coalition of Islamic nations to occupy Iraq while a transitional Iraqi government is established, with Turkey playing the leading role in the Islamic force.
Funniest Satirical Site that Isn't a Satire
Dueling Quotes
"The time has come for us to end the sanctions against Iraq, because those sanctions punish the people of Iraq for having Saddam Hussein as their leader. These sanctions have been instrumental in causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children."
"Saddam Hussein should be removed from power. . . . I think the way that you do it is continue to use sanctions which thwart his efforts to grow."
- Presidential candidate
Dennis Kucinich, "
Meet the Press," Feb. 23, 2003 -
Stupidest JPG of the Week
Yes, it's Putin on the Ritz
Remember Books?
They're those things you can read in the bathroom without bringing your computer with you. The thing about books is there's no Google to cache them when they go out-of-print, so let's give a hearty cheer to
Eclectic Books, where out-of-print doesn't mean not available.
Don't Buy This Book or I'll Have to Kill You
"How Everyday People are Using Forbidden Mind Control Psychology and Ruthless Military Tactics to Make Millions Online."
Calling all Filmmakers
The
Third Guerrilla Film & Video Festival takes place June 25-29 in NYC. Seeking (all genres): features, docs, shorts, experimental/animation, and works-in-progress/trailers. Awards/prizes include special deals and/or production packages worth well over $30,000. FEES: $30 under 45 min.; $40 over 45 min. Preview formats: VHS and/or DVD (NTSC only). DEADLINE: 05-15-03. VISIONFEST 03 - PO Box 280223, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Call 718-837-5736.
3rd Annual
Screamfest Horror Film Festival & Screenplay Competition is now seeking new independent horror films (features & shorts) and screenplays. Winning screenplay receives a $1000. More prizes to be announced. Submission fees- features $40, shorts $30 and screenplays $30 or $60 with return coverage.
2nd Annual Festival of Film in Frederick, Maryland is now accepting shorts and features for the 2003 Festival, June 7th and 8th. Festival is non-competitive with multiple showings. Filmmakers are invited to introduce their films and participate in a panel discussion with other filmmakers. DEADLINE: 03/15/2003. Call 301-694-9632. E-mail: info@frederickfilm.org
The Dahlonega International Film Festival (The DIFF) announces its call for entries for its 3rd festival. Festival dates are June 26 - June 29 and deadline is April 15 for shorts, features, docs, animation, experimental-all formats. Log on at WWW.DIFF.TV and if you come, hope you like Krispy Kreme donuts. E-mail: Program@diff.tv
IFP/Los Angeles is now accepting applications for the
2003 IFP Los Angeles Film Festival, which will take place from June 11 - 21, 2003. The director of the Best Dramatic Feature competition at the festival wins a $50,000 cash prize; the director of the Best Documentary Feature wins a $25,000 cash prize, both prizes funded by Target Stores. Deadline: 02-21-03 for short films and music videos; and 02-28-03 for full-length narrative and documentary features. Send entries to: IFP Los Angeles Film Festival, 8750 Wilshire Blvd, 2nd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Call 323-951-7090 for details or get an entry form on the site.
WHO'S GOING TO HELL THIS WEEK?
February 24, 2003
UNDO THE COUP
FASHION STATEMENT FROM HELL
(actually Japan)
This is NOT a see-through skirt.
LEGISLATION FROM HELL
In reaction to France's refusal to back the U.S. in Gulf War
II, the City of Pasadena has banned French kissing. "We always thought it was sort of disgusting anyway," said Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard, whose tongue hasn't left his mouth in forty years. "I don't think anyone will miss it."
SATAN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
If you save webpages using Windows, go to SAVE AS and select MHT in the SAVE AS TYPE dialog option. An MHT file is a "web archive" that automatically puts everything--- text, graphics, etc.--- into a compact, single file. ("MHT" stands for
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension HTML.) When you click on an MHT file, it loads normally into your browser, with all the graphics, etc., in place. With no need for storage in separate folders, the pieces of a web page can't get lost or separated!
SITES FROM HELL
Mandatory reading: How and why "decent men" became Nazis. For a fascinating window into the lives, thoughts and emotions of a people caught up in the rush of the Nazi movement, and some horrifying parallels to America today, check out
They Thought They Were Free by Milton Mayer.
Want solid numbers to corroborate your wacko opinions? Check out
Worldometers.
Got a sock without a partner? Post its picture to
Lonely Socks and try to find it a mate.
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'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Reader Comment
Re: Bill Maher
"So all in all, it was a good first show. I think we can now add Maher to the small but growing club of people criticizing this administration. Although it's still mainly just him and Crossfire, it is nice to be able to hear even a little rational discourse again, and to laugh while doing it."
Don't forget about Donahue. That guy has been saying some pretty cool stuff lately! Too bad no one watches L
I might have to get HBO now. I always appreciated Maher. I don't always agree (friggin libertarians are too pro corporate for my taste), but I think he knows how to intelligently address all sides of an issue.
-=J
Thanks, J!
Bill Maher's show was well-written, planned & executed. For the first time since Gary Shandling/Larry Sanders folded, I'm happy to pay the HBO bill.
At one time I would have agreed about Donahue, but he's currently MSNBC's token 'liberal', and sole purpose is to give credibility to wingnuts, and worse.
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Fresh Komix!
from Turtopia
A grocery clerk,sent by errand boys...
Thanks, Rob!
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast day gave way to rain.
The kid brought home a field trip slip. His class is going to a Long Beach Symphony concert next week. Jeez, in my grade school the closest we got to a field trip was the
annual visit of the TB Association's traveling x-ray truck.
But, then I'm so old I remember 'Duck & Cover' as a first run...
Tonight, Tuesday, starts the evening with a FRESH 'JAG', followed by a FRESH
'The Guardian', and then a FRESH 'Judging Amy'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Sharon Osbourne, Norah Jones, and Stupid Human Tricks.
Scheduled on a FRESH Craiggers are Rosie Perez and Finesse Mitchell.
NBC opens with a RERUN 'The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments', followed by a FRESH
'Frasier', then a FRESH 'AUSA', and caps it with 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jay are Dennis Miller and t.A.T.u..
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Jack & Kelly Osborne and the Chieftains.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Vince Vaughn and Tonic.
ABC has a FRESH '8 Simple Rules', then a FRESH 'Jim', followed by a FRESH
'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Hree', and then a FRESH 'NYPD Blue'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel is Papa Roach and this week's guest co-host, Don King.
The WB has a FRESH 'Gilmore Girls', followed by a FRESH 'Smallville' (with Christopher Reeve guesting).
Faux has a FRESH 'American Idol', then a FRESH '24' - Day 2: 9pm - 10pm.
UPN opens with a FRESH 'Buffy', then a FRESH 'Abby', followed by a
RERUN 'Half & Half'.
FX has 2 hours of 'The Shield'.
Anyone have any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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Banner hanger Argimiro Jimenez prepares to hang posters in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 24, 2003, promoting the 75th annual Academy Awards show. Hollywood's biggest award shows, honoring
the film industry with Oscars, will be held March 23, 2003.
Photo by Nick Ut
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Daughter of Ravi Shankar
Norah Jones
While Norah Jones' music is little known in most of India, her sweep at the Grammys brought a wave of pride and cheer to a home in southern New Delhi, where her father sat watching the awards ceremony.
Jones is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the 82-year-old sitarist who's India's best known musician.
"It was such a joy seeing Norah getting so many Grammy Awards. I knew even as a child how talented she was and it makes me so happy to see how she has charmed everyone to such an extent with
her singing," Shankar said in a written statement to The Associated Press.
Norah is my daughter but she grew up in America ... I cannot take any credit for the music that she has excelled in," Shankar told the Star News television channel. "Her base is Western, jazz and country music."
Shankar has had an estranged relationship with his daughter and her mother, New York concert producer Sue Jones. For 10 years, Norah Jones had no contact with her father, but the two since have
made peace. Shankar recently saw his daughter perform.
Norah Jones
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The Information One-Stop
Moose & Squirrel
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ABC Sells Out Ad Time
Academy Awards
ABC has already sold out its commercial time for the Academy Awards, a month before they are set to air, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The average price for a 30-second spot is about $1.3 million to $1.4 million, according to several media buyers, the newspaper said. Last year's average was $1.29 million, according to Nielsen Monitor-Plus, a New York research firm.
Advertisers signed on include American Express, Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., Charles Schwab Corp., General Motors Corp., J.C. Penney Co. Inc., MasterCard, PepsiCo Inc. and Washington Mutual, according to the article.
Academy Awards
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Actress Sigourney Weaver puts on her New York Mets hat and jersey as Mets team captain John Franco supervises at spring training workouts in Port St. Lucie, Fla., Monday Feb. 24, 2003. Weaver
visited the venue as part of the promotion for her new film 'The Guys,' about a journalist who writes a series of eulogies for a New York City Fire Dept. captain to give for men lost during
the World Trade Center attack.
Photo by Richard Drew
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from Alex
Bering Strait
One week prior to the release of their self-titled debut album, Obninsk, Russia natives Bering Strait received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance for their original
composition "Bearing Straight." Bering Strait's music is a unique blend of bluegrass-pop-rock-infused country that showcases the band's accomplished musicianship and strong vocal talent, matched only by their tenacity and commitment to their craft.
The story of Bering Strait is cinematic in its depth and is, in fact, the subject of a 90-minute documentary film directed by award-winning documentarian Nina Gilden Seavey. Scheduled for theatrical
release in New York on February 19, "The Ballad of Bering Strait" is a no-holds barred look at the story of this remarkable band. The film's Washington, D.C. theatrical release is scheduled for Friday,
February 21st and the Los Angeles release is on Friday, February 28. Live band performances in both New York and Los Angeles preceded the film's theatrical releases.
All classically trained musicians, the members of Bering Strait came to the U.S. nearly five years ago and were signed to a record deal. Music industry turmoil surfaced, and the band was shuttled from label
to label with no record released. Bering Strait released their long-awaited debut album on Universal South Records (the joint venture between Universal Records and highly respected music executives Tony Brown
and Tim DuBois) on January 14 of this year. The band's unique story and their struggle to get to this day was chronicled in an extensive feature article on the cover of The New York Times Arts & Leisure section.
The band's story and Grammy nod has garnered a great deal of additional media attention. In the coming weeks you will find the band profiled on the following outlets:
Country Music Television (CMT) has negotiated the exclusive worldwide broadcast rights to the documentary film,The Ballad of Bering Strait, and will present the world television premiere of "The Ballad of Bering Strait"
on Friday, March 21 at 8:00 - 10:00 p.m., ET/PT.
Bering Strait
I know this is bit of old news...but I saw their story on 60 Minutes last night, and they are great! Because hearing something good about Russia and its people is so rare and in-between, I wanted to pass this along. I'm not
a big country person, but they have a good sound. Will have to catch the documentary too, in the city.
Alex
Thanks, Alex! I saw the same segment on '60 Minutes', and meant to mention them. [You know how I am about banjo players...] ; )
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Fresh Fare
Cartoon Network
With drooping kiddie ratings and a recent series of executives shuffles to deal with, cable television's Cartoon Network has unveiled an invigorated slate of fresh programming for 2003-04.
New projects include an exclusive series of 20 interstitial shorts, "Star Wars: Clone Wars," based on the battles in "Star Wars" mythology. "Clone Wars" will continue the story that falls between
the end of feature "Episode II -- Attack of the Clones" and the beginning of "Episode III."
Cartoon's shopping spree includes more than 400 segments of Japanese anime, destined for both its Toonami block (such as bow of "Rorouni Kenshin") and Adult Swim. Second and third seasons of fresman
series "Codename: Kids Next Door" have already been greenlit. Joining it on the lineup are a hundred new episodes of returning series, including "Samurai Jack" and "Justice League."
Quick pace continues with addition of three new series: "Duck Dodgers," a Looney Tunes update with Daffy Duck as a bumbling space hero; juvenile superhero series "Teen Titans," described as "Archies"
meets "Dragonball Z"; and anime strip "Low Brow," in which a futuristic robot and a slacker turned hero defend mankind -- from their home base of Jersey City.
Cartoon Network
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In The Kitchen With BartCop & Friends
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Song Stuck in Your Head?
'Earworms'
The vast majority of people say they have been mentally tortured at one point in their lives by a song that keeps repeating itself over and over in their heads.
And new research shows that people most frequently plagued by this phenomenon are those with slightly neurotic tendencies, and people who enjoy and listen to music often.
Songs that topped the list as being most likely to stick around in someone's head included the Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?" and the Chili's restaurant jingle about Baby Back Ribs.
But the number one song rated most likely to cause this phenomenon, referred to as an "earworm" in Germany, is "other"--indicating that many different songs can become stuck in our heads.
Women were more likely than men to report feeling annoyed, frustrated, or irritated about having songs stuck in their heads.
Strategies people report using to rid themselves of stuck tunes involved trying to listen to something else, distracting themselves with another activity, and trying to erase the repetition of one song snippet by singing the song all the way through.
'Earworms'
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A Russian model displays body art work during a contest in St. Petersburg, February 24, 2003. The annual contest of hairdressers, nail art and body art designers started in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
Photo by Alexander Demianchuk
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MTV Cancelled After Melee
Rap Contest
A melee involving Hip-Hop fans in New York's Times Square on Monday caused MTV to cancel its weeklong "MC Battles" rapping contest, MTV and police officials said.
Thousands of people had lined up overnight and in the early morning outside MTV's studios in Times Square to enter the contest organized by the station and Def Jam record company, but overcrowding led to pushing and shoving on the streets.
The contest for MCs -- a type of freestyle Hip-Hop rapping -- was part of Hip-Hop Week that started Monday on MTV.
Rap Contest
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Formerly 'The Vidiot'
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The Trouble With Corporate Radio
The Day the Protest Music Died
By BRENT STAPLES
Pop music played a crucial role in the national debate over the Vietnam War. By the late 1960's, radio stations across the country were crackling with blatantly political songs that became mainstream hits.
After the National Guard killed four antiwar demonstrators at Kent State University in Ohio in the spring of 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young recorded a song, simply titled "Ohio," about the horror of
the event, criticizing President Richard Nixon by name. The song was rushed onto the air while sentiment was still high, and became both an antiwar anthem and a huge moneymaker.
A comparable song about George W. Bush's rush to war in Iraq would have no chance at all today. There are plenty of angry people, many with prime music-buying demographics. But independent radio stations
that once would have played edgy, political music have been gobbled up by corporations that control hundreds of stations and have no wish to rock the boat. Corporate ownership has changed what gets played — and
who plays it. With a few exceptions, the disc jockeys who once existed to discover provocative new music have long since been put out to pasture. The new generation operates from play lists dictated by Corporate
Central — lists that some D.J.'s describe as "wallpaper music."
When a media giant swallows a station, it typically fires the staff and pipes in music along with something that resembles news via satellite. To make the local public think that things have remained the same,
the voice track system sometimes includes references to local matters sprinkled into the broadcast.
What my rock 'n' roll colleague William Safire describes as the "ruination of independent radio" started with corporatizing in the 1980's but took off dramatically when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 increased
the number of stations that one entity could own in a single market and permitted companies to buy up as many stations nationally as their deep pockets would allow.
Liberal Democrats are horrified by the legion of conservative talk show hosts who dominate the airwaves. But the problem stretches across party lines. National Journal reported last month that Representative Mark Foley,
Republican of Florida, was finding it difficult to reach his constituents over the air since national radio companies moved into his district, reducing the number of local stations from five to one. Senator Byron Dorgan,
Democrat of North Dakota, had a potential disaster in his district when a freight train carrying anhydrous ammonia derailed, releasing a deadly cloud over the city of Minot. When the emergency alert system failed, the police
called the town radio stations, six of which are owned by the corporate giant Clear Channel. According to news accounts, no one answered the phone at the stations for more than an hour and a half. Three hundred people were
hospitalized, some partially blinded by the ammonia. Pets and livestock were killed.
For the rest, The Day the Protest Music Died
Thanks, Fred!
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Naonori Takao, front, is helped by an attendant as he takes a 'sand bath' at a hot-spring spa complex called The Great Tokyo Hot Spring Story during its press preview in Tokyo on Monday
February 24, 2003. The new hot spring facility, located on the man-made island in Tokyo Bay, has more than a dozen bath tubs, big and small, laid out in a two-story building modeled after
a bathhouse of old Tokyo. It was set to open on March 1.
Photo by Shizuo Kambayashi
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Scripts Beat Reality
CBS Wins 'Sweeps'
CBS will win the February "sweeps" period for total viewers even without "stunts" like the Michael Jackson special or ditching its regular line-up for reality shows, network president Leslie Moonves said on Monday, boasting that his was the most stable network on TV.
"Look at the record, look at the facts, that's all we ask, Moonves told reporters on a conference call. "It was the craziest sweeps in the history of show business, the month of Michael Jackson, reality finales, reality premiers and shows that just plain defied reality."
But the network said it will finish third, behind Fox and NBC, in the crucial demographic of adults aged 18 to 49. Advertisers pay more to reach that group because of a belief is that they buy more mass-market consumer products such as cars.
"Some of the other networks have cut down on development (of scripted shows) and we haven't," he added. "We still believe that is the backbone of the schedule. Reality has its place but it should be the icing on the cake as opposed to the cake itself."
Moonves noted that CBS is also home to the "Rolls Royce" of reality shows, "Survivor."
CBS Wins 'Sweeps'
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Sami Al-Arian, holding daughter Lama, 6, center, with son Abdullah, 19, left, daughter Laila, 18, foreground left, daughter Leena, 14, center, wife Nahla, center right, and son Ali, 9, foreground left,
pose for a photo with presidential candidate George W. Bush and wife Laura in this March 12, 2000 family photo in Plant City, Fla. Others, extreme right, are unidentified.
Photo courtesty Al-Arian family
"We enforced a clear doctrine that said if you harbor a terrorist, if you feed a terrorist, if you hide a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorists -- and the Taliban knows what we meant."
Many thanks to the Stranger at www.blah3.com!
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