![]() ![]() ![]() Hey, that’s what art and the improved reflection it gives us of reality is all about. He and his cohorts are a little more articulate than anyone on real television. MSNBC is my favorite cable news station in reality. Of the three cables, only MSNBC got that right (all three were wrong in their initial reporting of Giffords). It was also reminiscent of the misreporting by Fox News and CNN, several weeks ago, of the US Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act. It was a heart rending, enobling moment, because we at home knew the good truth. Anchor Will McAvoy and his brilliant, dedicated people courageously resist reporting her death, until and unless explicitly confirmed by a physician. We didn’t learn until near the end – unless, maybe, we were consulting a calendar – that the galvanizing news event for this day’s story was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. This Sunday brought us to The Newsroom on a Saturday in January 2011. The Newsroom tells real news stories – at this point though 2010 and the beginning of 2011. Life and media are evolving so quickly nowadays, that specific events can become worthy of artistic treatment after just a year or two. The more we get our information and breaking news from Twitter and Facebook, the more cable news is becoming a suitable subject of art, too. Or silent movies – one of which recently won an Oscar for its unspoken art. Convertible cars are another example – first driven to keep physically cool, now (after the advent of air conditioning) to be socially cool. As soon as I heard this, I thought of delicatessen – meat at first spiced for preservation, now enjoyed for taste. McLuhan observed that as technologies and media get outmoded, they can come to be appreciated as art forms. Speaking of which, there’s another notion of McLuhan’s that helps explain The Newsroom‘s appeal. McLuhan wrote in the 1960s, and we have three 24/7 all news cable stations today in addition to the three networks – as well, of course, as the Internet. If Marshall McLuhan was right that “the medium is the message” – and I think he was – then news media, and the time we spend with them, and the way they report the actions of Presidents, may have more influence on our opinions than most of the Presidential actions themselves. But for a show about the lives of cable news, The Newsroom appears just as strong, so far, as The West Wing was for the life and times of a great President.Īnd there’s this. MST January 7, 2021.I’ve seen the first four episodes thus far aired of The Newsroom on HBO, and I think it’s the best show on television.I’ve heard some people say that The Newsroom, though good, is not in a league with Aaron Sorkin’s signature television creation, The West Wing, and of course it isn’t – The White House and the issues and lives that move around it are indeed in a different league from any newsroom. Map of structures damaged or destroyed during the Marshall Fire which started Decemnear Boulder, Colorado. It contains a wealth of information that could aid communities planning to prevent similar damage from inevitable wildfires, and manage them after they start. Topics covered are weather, fuels, fire behavior, communication, ordering, evacuations, utilities, animal rescue, and hospital evacuation. The very lengthy and detailed document is in the Storymap format, which in this case includes many illustrations, photos, and maps. By late the next day the winds had decreased and it was snowing on the 6,080-acre blaze.Īt the request of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control a Facilitated Learning Analysis has been completed. Pushed by winds gusting well over 40 mph, hurricane strength in some areas, it burned through subdivisions destroying 1,056 structures. ![]() On the morning of Decemthe Marshal Fire ignited south of Boulder, Colorado.
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