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Thatold political reprimand Have you no decency? has lost its force. Politicians and media folk show no compunction about lying and tyrannizing‚ which is how we get Alex Garlands shameless new movieCivil War. You cant trust Garland‚ one of the least of the demi-Kubricks. His topical subjects are less outr than Yorgos Lanthimoss; plus‚ hes less of a craftsman than David Fincher‚ Christopher Nolan‚ or Jonathan Glazer. Yet‚ inCivil War‚ Garland tries for visionary...

Going into Alex Garlands astonishing new film‚ Civil War‚ I expected to be irritated by the implausibility of its premise. Im not talking about the idea that America could devolve into vicious internecine armed conflict. That seems possible‚ if not probable. In one2022 poll‚ 43 percent of Americans said they thought a civil war within the next decade was at least somewhat likely. I wouldnt go that far‚ but I wont be surprised if political violence spikes after the upcoming election...

Former CBS News and Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge testified on Thursday about the journalistic rape by CBS when the network seized her reporting files upon her dismissal.I was locked out of my emails and I was locked out of the office. CBS News seized hundreds of pages of my reporting files including confidential source information‚Herridge saidin response to questioning from House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R.‚ Ohio.)When the network of Walter...

Veteran investigative journalistCatherine Herridgetestified before Congress Thursday‚ April 11‚ and discussed her firing from CBS News. She explained that she was let go on a Zoom call and locked out of her emails and office. Herridge said CBS then seized hundreds of her reporting files including confidential source information.When the network of Walter Cronkite ceases your reporting files‚ including confidential source information‚ that is an attack on investigative...

Catherine Herridge‚ the veteran CBS News investigative journalist‚ testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee on Thursday as part of a hearing on press freedoms and the need to make the Press Act law.Earlier this year‚ Herridge was bothheldin contempt of court by a civil judge for refusing to reveal her sources as part of a defamation lawsuit and she was laid off from CBS News during a round of cutbacks. U.S. District JudgeChristopher Cooperimposed a fine of $...

Civil War is the stuff of nightmares in the new film of the same name. American carnage has come to pass in Manhattan‚ Pittsburgh and beyond. It also looks naggingly sexy. In a slick slab of provocation from writer-director Alex Garland‚ with Kirsten Dunst as a veteran war photographer‚ social collapse makes for a pumping blockbuster. Technically‚ the movie is a wowzer: Apocalypse Now gone TikTok. As always with backers A24‚ the marketing is beautiful.Welcome to the movies in 2024. Garland...

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