Tag: journalism

2023.08.08 – media_log

Ridley Scott Regrets Not Directing Blade Runner SequelI love the Blade Runner 2049 we have and realize I’ve not watched Alien: Covenant yet. Also, AV Club saying 2049 is better than the original is just plain stupid. Different eras, subgenres, everything. Comparing apples and batteries. The Prosecraft ControversyDunno, fren. If you want to know how many words are in a memoir, then look at memoirs, …

Who gets to be a teenager?

An open letter to NPR: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-teenager-pleads-guilty-to-killing-ten-black-workers-and-shoppers-in-buffalo Why purposefully use “teenager” in this headline to describe the adult male pleading guilty? His attack was racially motivated and since we have a long history of “aging up “ Black people in our media to make them seem more threatening, this is a bad editorial choice. “Man pleads guilty to killing ten Black workers and shopper in Buffalo.” …