Tag: infotainment

Film Review: ‘Science Friction’: Please Allow Them to Retort

NR | 1h 26min | Documentary, Science | 1 April 2022 (USA) If you are a consumer of documentary films, non-fiction nature/science/history/crime-based TV programming, TV talk shows, or even infomercials, chances are you’ve been told something in the past that is not true. In some form or fashion, the data that is presented in the lion’s share of these productions has…


The Power to Ignore

Commentary Once in TV journalism there were people called assignment editors and news directors. Among their responsibilities was to instruct reporters and camera crews which stories they were to cover that day. Their choices were based on several factors that included what they regarded as news, viewer interest (i.e., ratings), and much more subtly, their…