Entries (RSS)Archive for 'Media'
The Big Lie Quote
Is truth really the enemy of the State? If it is, then the State has nefarious interests opposed to those of its own people.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 28 Jun 2013 at 19:24 under Media, Propaganda, Secrets.
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Nostalgia, Excuses, and Starting Over
I want to express my intention to do something different, and strike off in a new direction. And in this, I hope you will help me.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 01 May 2013 at 20:45 under Anarchy, Culture, Media, Morocco, Personal.
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Limits to Free Speech?
In defending the right to make a film insulting Mohammed, are Americans merely sticking up for our principles? Or are we picking and choosing?
Posted by Marcel Côté on 24 Sep 2012 at 17:54 under Civil Rights, Extremism, Media, Politics, Religion.
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Run and Tell That
Doesn’t Antoine Dodson speak for all of us, and our sense of powerlessness in some way? Don’t we all somehow feel under assault after a decade of economic crisis and war, with no end in sight? Antoine at least did something. He stopped a rapist, he protected his family, and he spoke up as we’d all like to do.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 14 Aug 2010 at 11:19 under Culture, Economy, Media, Race.
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Fame = Existence
We live today in a society where it is necessary to see yourself, or your likeness, in the media as confirmation of your existence.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 18 Jul 2010 at 07:41 under Culture, Media, Radiant Days.
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Blogging in Morocco
Is it possible that the recent wave of criminal prosecutions is, paradoxically, a result of greater freedoms? Perhaps they are growing pains as journalists and bloggers test the limits, and the state struggles to define its new boundaries?
Posted by Marcel Côté on 13 Apr 2010 at 21:56 under Civil Rights, Media, Morocco.
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Congress Demands Arab Censorship
Isn’t it ironic that around the same time Hillary Clinton made a big speech defending the “freedom to connect” on the internet, Congress should be demanding that Arab states use their authority to pull independent media off the air?
Posted by Marcel Côté on 29 Jan 2010 at 09:19 under Civil Rights, Egypt, Lebanon, Media, Morocco, Politics.
Comments: 11
“Internet Freedom” as Foreign Policy?
Middle East expert Mark Lynch has some valuable thoughts on American efforts to use “internet freedom” to promote its foreign policy interests, particularly in Iran.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 23 Jan 2010 at 12:44 under Civil Rights, Media, Politics.
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Data Isn’t Free
If you wake up one day to find your favorite sites like YouTube or Facebook blocked, don’t blame your local dictator — at least, not yet. Instead, blame capitalism. Or better yet, blame yourselves!
Posted by Marcel Côté on 27 Apr 2009 at 14:58 under Culture, Economy, Media.
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Amazing World
“When I read things like, ‘The foundations of capitalism are shattering,’ I’m like, ‘Maybe we need that.’ Because we live in an amazing, amazing world and it’s wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots that just don’t care.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 19 Feb 2009 at 15:37 under Culture, Economy, Media.
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