Does chronic Lyme disease exist? That’s the question that haunts “The Quiet Epidemic,” Lindsay Keys and Winslow Crane-Murdoch’s worthy and provocative documentary about the highly controversial syndrome. (The movie premieres on VOD on May 16.) The filmmakers argue, with unflinching advocacy and some very good reporting, that chronic Lyme disease most definitely exists. Among other things, “The Quiet Epidemic” is a portrait of individuals whose lives have been ravaged by it. Yet the movie, in its doggedly opinionated way, does acknowledge the profundity of the debate. The medical establishment, led by the Center for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health, has long held the position — one it maintains to this day — that Lyme disease is a real thing, eminently curable with a two-to-four week regimen of antibiotics, but that chronic Lyme disease, with sometimes devastating symptoms stretching on for months, years, even decades, is not backed up by the science.
- 5/10/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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Taylor Sheridan is dismissing the notion that his series Yellowstone falls into easy political categorization.
During a recent interview with The Atlantic, Sheridan addressed claims that the popular Paramount Network drama is geared toward politically conservative viewers. The publication cites New York Times columnist Ross Douthat having referred to the Kevin Costner-fronted series as “the most red-state show on television,” along with Daily Mail having suggested that Yellowstone is too “anti-woke” to win awards.
“They refer to it as ‘the conservative show’ or ‘the Republican show’ or ‘the red-state Game of Thrones,'” Sheridan said ahead of the season five premiere for the show that focuses on the Dutton family’s ranch. “And I just sit back laughing. I’m like, ‘Really?'”
The prolific television producer continued, “The show’s talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native...
Taylor Sheridan is dismissing the notion that his series Yellowstone falls into easy political categorization.
During a recent interview with The Atlantic, Sheridan addressed claims that the popular Paramount Network drama is geared toward politically conservative viewers. The publication cites New York Times columnist Ross Douthat having referred to the Kevin Costner-fronted series as “the most red-state show on television,” along with Daily Mail having suggested that Yellowstone is too “anti-woke” to win awards.
“They refer to it as ‘the conservative show’ or ‘the Republican show’ or ‘the red-state Game of Thrones,'” Sheridan said ahead of the season five premiere for the show that focuses on the Dutton family’s ranch. “And I just sit back laughing. I’m like, ‘Really?'”
The prolific television producer continued, “The show’s talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native...
- 11/12/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While Salman Rushdie struggles for his life in the wake of a stabbing attack, an angry Bill Maher decried the treatment of his good friend (and frequent guest) by a man whose name had the host guessing”is not Amish.”
Sal, as Maher called him, was planning to talk about how the US is a safe haven for controversial points of view. “Giving that speech is unthinkable in most Muslim countries,” Maher said, warning, “Don’t come at me with Islamaphobia. When you say ‘phobic,’ it’s just a way to shut off debate.”
Guest Piers Morgan, who has his own experience with controversial speech, drew applause when he noted, “The defense of free speech starts with something you can’t stand.” You may hate the opinions, Morgan said. “But you should be able to tolerate their right to have a different opinion.”
Morgan also pointed with alarm to the...
Sal, as Maher called him, was planning to talk about how the US is a safe haven for controversial points of view. “Giving that speech is unthinkable in most Muslim countries,” Maher said, warning, “Don’t come at me with Islamaphobia. When you say ‘phobic,’ it’s just a way to shut off debate.”
Guest Piers Morgan, who has his own experience with controversial speech, drew applause when he noted, “The defense of free speech starts with something you can’t stand.” You may hate the opinions, Morgan said. “But you should be able to tolerate their right to have a different opinion.”
Morgan also pointed with alarm to the...
- 8/13/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A federal judge on Monday said he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s libel case against the New York Times, concluding that Palin’s lawyers had failed to produce sufficient evidence to show the publication acted with actual malice.
“I think this is an example of very unfortunate editorializing on the part of the Times,” said U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. “Having said that, that is not the issue before the court. The law sets a very high standard for actual malice.”
A jury started deliberating Friday, but Rakoff was acting on a rule that allows him to dismiss a case if he believes that the plaintiff had failed to reach a basic evidentiary threshold. Rakoff said that he would not file his ruling until after the jury reaches its verdict. He said that given the likelihood of an appeal, those judges will “greatly benefit” from knowing how the jury decided.
“I think this is an example of very unfortunate editorializing on the part of the Times,” said U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. “Having said that, that is not the issue before the court. The law sets a very high standard for actual malice.”
A jury started deliberating Friday, but Rakoff was acting on a rule that allows him to dismiss a case if he believes that the plaintiff had failed to reach a basic evidentiary threshold. Rakoff said that he would not file his ruling until after the jury reaches its verdict. He said that given the likelihood of an appeal, those judges will “greatly benefit” from knowing how the jury decided.
- 2/14/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Palin briefly took the stand in her libel trial against the New York Times on Wednesday, while the editor responsible for inserting incorrect language in a 2017 op-ed said that he “felt terrible” about the mistake, but denied that it was intentional.
The trial in a New York federal court has been moving rather briskly and has drawn attention as it is one of the rare instances of a major public figure to take a news outlet to trial, given the high bar that plaintiffs face in showing that a publication engaged in malice or reckless disregard for the truth.
Palin sued the Times in 2017 over an editorial that she said falsely linked her political rhetoric to the 2011 Tucson shootings in which six people were killed and congresswoman Gabby Giffords was severely wounded. The Times corrected the editorial and also conceded that it had incorrectly characterized a map from Palin...
The trial in a New York federal court has been moving rather briskly and has drawn attention as it is one of the rare instances of a major public figure to take a news outlet to trial, given the high bar that plaintiffs face in showing that a publication engaged in malice or reckless disregard for the truth.
Palin sued the Times in 2017 over an editorial that she said falsely linked her political rhetoric to the 2011 Tucson shootings in which six people were killed and congresswoman Gabby Giffords was severely wounded. The Times corrected the editorial and also conceded that it had incorrectly characterized a map from Palin...
- 2/9/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by journalist Thomas Chatterton Williams, who was instrumental in the recent Harper’s open letter.
Our hosts break down the discrepancies in CNN analyses of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — from Jake Tapper on one side, and the Governor’s brother Chris Cuomo on the other — and, of course, the instant-classic Cuomo Covid-19 poster is on the table.
“Andrew Cuomo almost always gets a pass from his brother, ‘Fredo’ Cuomo, well...
Our hosts break down the discrepancies in CNN analyses of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo — from Jake Tapper on one side, and the Governor’s brother Chris Cuomo on the other — and, of course, the instant-classic Cuomo Covid-19 poster is on the table.
“Andrew Cuomo almost always gets a pass from his brother, ‘Fredo’ Cuomo, well...
- 7/19/2020
- by Reed Dunlea and Daniel Halperin
- Rollingstone.com
Late-night host Bill Maher briefly tackled the coronavirus outbreak during HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher on Friday night.
"I'm over this virus," he declared, which prompted a laugh from his guests including author Ross Douthat and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. "I'm sick of the virus, but not from the virus," Maher clarified.
Referencing the mainstream media coverage that has dominated news briefings over the last few weeks, the host said, "They make it sound like if you're within six feet of anyone who has it, just get your ...
"I'm over this virus," he declared, which prompted a laugh from his guests including author Ross Douthat and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. "I'm sick of the virus, but not from the virus," Maher clarified.
Referencing the mainstream media coverage that has dominated news briefings over the last few weeks, the host said, "They make it sound like if you're within six feet of anyone who has it, just get your ...
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, nervous about the optics of an all-male panel interrogating an alleged victim of sexual assault, gambled and hired a “female assistant” to question Christine Blasey Ford Thursday on their behalf. All 11 members of the Republican majority — including Sen. Jeff Flake (R-az), who called for the hearing — yielded their time to Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell.
In the first several hours of testimony, Mitchell cross-examined Ford about her memories of the night of the alleged assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when both were teenagers.
In the first several hours of testimony, Mitchell cross-examined Ford about her memories of the night of the alleged assault at the hands of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when both were teenagers.
- 9/27/2018
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
On the next Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill welcomes some big-name guests who will discuss the news of the week, specifically the Trump-Macron meeting, the diplomacy problems the USA is having, the #metoo movement and perhaps the capture of the Golden State serial killer. Journalist Ronan Farrow is the top-of-show interview guest and gave a bombshell interview on Good Morning America this past Wednesday where he revealed that presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton canceled an interview with him when she was made aware of his Harvey Weinstein scoop. Weinstein has donated huge amounts of cash to the Clinton Foundation as well as […]
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- 4/27/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The morning after the first of what seems likely to be an annual comic event, Samantha Bee has no regrets. Dropping by CNN’s State of the Union for a chat with Jake Tapper, a happy Bee pretty much rolled her eyes at any notion of being a smug liberal.
“How does it feel to be the face of the problem?” asked Tapper, who had appeared in a very funny taped bit on Bee’s Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner special last night. (Watch today’s video above).
Tapper referenced an article by New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat that said Hillary Clinton had a “Samantha Bee Problem,” as in, Clinton was too closely aligned with Bee’s “ascendant social liberalism.”
“So flattering!” Bee laughed at one point during the good-natured interview. Asked if there was a “smug liberal problem,” Bee didn’t seem to mind one way or the other.
“How does it feel to be the face of the problem?” asked Tapper, who had appeared in a very funny taped bit on Bee’s Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner special last night. (Watch today’s video above).
Tapper referenced an article by New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat that said Hillary Clinton had a “Samantha Bee Problem,” as in, Clinton was too closely aligned with Bee’s “ascendant social liberalism.”
“So flattering!” Bee laughed at one point during the good-natured interview. Asked if there was a “smug liberal problem,” Bee didn’t seem to mind one way or the other.
- 4/30/2017
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Film critic David Thomson, author of “A Biographical Dictionary of Film” and “How to Watch a Movie,” has a new book coming out this month, “Television: A Biography,” which examines the medium and its six-decade history. In the book, Thomson addresses the medium in two sections: “The Medium,” which explores the social and political climate of the television age, the move from novel craze to complacent habit and more; and “The Messages,” which considers the evolution of TV shows, the relationship between Americans and television and more. “The sacred fixed altar (the set) has given up its central place of worship and is now just one screen among so many, like the dinner table kept for state occasions in a life of snacking,” says Thomson.
Read More: Interview: David Thomson Talks New Edition Of ‘Dictionary Of Film,’ Roger Ebert, Future Of Cinema And Much More
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Read More: Interview: David Thomson Talks New Edition Of ‘Dictionary Of Film,’ Roger Ebert, Future Of Cinema And Much More
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- 10/14/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat apologized on Thursday for joking that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign will end with an assassination attempt. On Wednesday, Douthat tweeted, “Good News guys I’ve figured out how the Trump campaign ends” accompanied by a link to a clip from 1983 movie “The Dead Zone.” After his tweet received a torrent of backlash, Douthat issued a mea culpa via Twitter, saying he “can see why” readers were offended. A lot readers were offended by my Trump/"Dead Zone" joke from yesterday. I can see why, and I've deleted the tweet. Apologies. — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT...
- 2/25/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Wondering what conservative commentator Bill Kristol thinks about the Galactic Empire of “Star Wars”? After the final trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was released on Tuesday, the Weekly Standard editor and frequent TV guest fired up his Twitter account to declare himself pro-Empire. “No objective evidence Empire was ‘evil.’ A liberal regime w meritocracy, upward mobility. Neocon/reformicon in spirit,” Kristol tweeted in response to a joke by right-leaning New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. Also Read: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Trailer: Social Media Impact by the Numbers Kristol added, “Needless to say, I was rooting for the Empire from the.
- 10/20/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Safe to say, the Academy Awards inspire more column inches and broadcast hours of bullshit than any other event in entertainment, but when the stuff is piled as high as it was in today’s New York Times, one wonders if there shouldn’t be a special Razzie for Worst Media Thumbsucking of the Year. -Break- The honor must be split among Frank Bruni and Ross Douthat, Times political columnists slumming as Oscar experts, and entertainment reporters Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes. Bruni and Douthat go mano a mano in emails discussing the awfulness and injustices of Sunday night’s show, while Cieply and Barnes focus on how the academy’s dissing of box office hits is causing a collapse in TV ratings. The Bruni-Douthat conversation might have taken place in any bar in the U.S. where the show’s broadcast has just ended. It’s that pointless and unenlightening,...
- 2/24/2015
- Gold Derby
David Bordwell, one of film criticism’s eminent scholars and arguably most knowledgeable film historian working today, took to his blog, Observations on Film Art, Sunday to criticize the New York Times for a new series they’ve launched called “The Moviegoers“. In his piece titled “Zip, Zero, Zeitgeist“, Bordwell addresses a trend in film criticism he calls “reflectionism” and cites the Times piece as a somewhat unfortunate example.
Bordwell’s piece questioned whether movies can reflect the “national psyche”, “contemporary history” or “national debates” of the American populace. Do movies and the reception they get at the box office capture the pulse of the nation right now?
“These ideas enjoy an astonishing popularity. They are staples of movie journalism. The trouble is that they don’t hold up,” Bordwell writes, adding, “Movies are worth studying for themselves, not just as channels for Op-Ed memes.”
Bordwell was irked by a...
Bordwell’s piece questioned whether movies can reflect the “national psyche”, “contemporary history” or “national debates” of the American populace. Do movies and the reception they get at the box office capture the pulse of the nation right now?
“These ideas enjoy an astonishing popularity. They are staples of movie journalism. The trouble is that they don’t hold up,” Bordwell writes, adding, “Movies are worth studying for themselves, not just as channels for Op-Ed memes.”
Bordwell was irked by a...
- 8/25/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Oh, sure, the Times still has its few film critics reviewing films they’ve actually seen. But now, in an attempt to, perhaps, get on that Net bandwagon of movie blather that shits out thousands of words about movies saying nothing at all, it is introducing a new feature: “The Moviegoers.”
Welcome to The Moviegoers, an occasional new series in which the Op-Ed columnists Frank Bruni and Ross Douthat banter about movies, pop culture, television and other real-world distractions.
The Moviegoers? How many brand consultants do you think they paid how much to come up with that?
From 1993-95, Frank was a movie critic for The Detroit Free Press, and he has written frequently on culture for The New York Times Magazine and for the Arts & Leisure section. Ross is the film critic for National Review and frequently writes about film and TV on his Times blog.
So, Bruni hasn...
Welcome to The Moviegoers, an occasional new series in which the Op-Ed columnists Frank Bruni and Ross Douthat banter about movies, pop culture, television and other real-world distractions.
The Moviegoers? How many brand consultants do you think they paid how much to come up with that?
From 1993-95, Frank was a movie critic for The Detroit Free Press, and he has written frequently on culture for The New York Times Magazine and for the Arts & Leisure section. Ross is the film critic for National Review and frequently writes about film and TV on his Times blog.
So, Bruni hasn...
- 8/14/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Arby’s buys Pharrell’s hat, former Miss Kentucky comes out as queer, anti-gay bakers should advertise themselves as such
Jason Collins is reportedly being offered a second 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets. At the end of that contract they’ll either have to let him go or sign him for the rest of the season.
Speaking of Jason Collins, he’s already old news, and that’s a good thing. The media circus that commentators worried about just hasn’t materialized if you look at the number of stories. He’s basically being covered like a basketball player other than around his signing.
Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Keila Trent has come out as queer. She came out in response to the judge’s ruling about recognizing same-sex marriages. She says that “should be seemingly easy for one to look at me and see that I am woman, just...
Jason Collins is reportedly being offered a second 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets. At the end of that contract they’ll either have to let him go or sign him for the rest of the season.
Speaking of Jason Collins, he’s already old news, and that’s a good thing. The media circus that commentators worried about just hasn’t materialized if you look at the number of stories. He’s basically being covered like a basketball player other than around his signing.
Former Miss Kentucky Djuan Keila Trent has come out as queer. She came out in response to the judge’s ruling about recognizing same-sex marriages. She says that “should be seemingly easy for one to look at me and see that I am woman, just...
- 3/4/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Real Time with Bill Maher airs this Friday, April 20 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), exclusively on HBO. The network airs an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. The set up allows Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue,roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests. The salon this week will see economist Todd Buchholz, journalist Thomas Frank and editor Chrystia Freeland and columnist Ross Douthat is an interview guest. Side note: Buchholz wrote an eye-opening op/ed for the New York Times titled the "Go Nowhere Generation" Excerpt: "We are a nation of movers and shakers. Pilgrims leapt onto leaky boats to get here. The...
- 4/18/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Real Time with Bill Maher will see Chris Matthews, John Bolton and Laura Tyson debate top news with Maher on his Friday night salon on HBO. The series continues its eighth season Friday, April 30 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live Et/tape-delayed Pt), on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m., following the live presentation. Host Maher delivers his unique perspective on contemporary issues laced with humor, and the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests. The roundtable guests this week are columnist Ross Douthat, news anchor Chris Matthews and economist Laura Tyson; former Un ambassador John Bolton and NY Rep. Anthony Weiner are interview guests. A favorite of subscribers since...
- 4/29/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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