http://newsrackblog.com/2008/02/12/discovery-is-more-than-the-name-of-their-company/ a citizen's journal by Thomas Nephew Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://newsrackblog.com/2008/02/12/discovery-is-more-than-the-name-of-their-company/#comment-16093 newsrackblog.com » Blog Archive » "Taxi to the Dark Side" wins Oscar Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:51:40 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2300#comment-16093 [...] On a final note: hey, nice going, Discovery Channel! How does it feel to be the a$$h0les who unloaded a documentary for “controversial content” just before it won an [...]

]]> http://newsrackblog.com/2008/02/12/discovery-is-more-than-the-name-of-their-company/#comment-16092 newsrackblog.com » Blog Archive » Department of followups — Taxi to the Dark Side edition Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:49:02 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2300#comment-16092 [...] Discovery is more than the name of their company…, 02/12/08 — “Taxi to the Dark Side” is an Oscar-nominated documentary about torture and other human rights violations by the United States in the wake of 9/11. After acquiring the rights to the movie, the Discovery Channel got cold feet and announced it might not air the documentary, saying the “film’s controversial content might damage Discovery’s public offering.” [...]

]]> http://newsrackblog.com/2008/02/12/discovery-is-more-than-the-name-of-their-company/#comment-562 Thomas Nephew Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:11:42 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2300#comment-562 It’ll be at the National Archives here this Thursday at 7pm (part of their Oscar Documentaries series this week.) I think I’ll try to make it. Maybe I’ll wear my yellow poncho).

]]> http://newsrackblog.com/2008/02/12/discovery-is-more-than-the-name-of-their-company/#comment-561 janinsanfran Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:25:27 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/wp/?p=2300#comment-561 We just saw the film in theater release last week in San Francisco. To my surprise (and appreciation) it drew quite a good audience on a Saturday night.
It is very comprehensive, connects the parts of the torture program in a way that makes sense out of what inattentive consumers of news might perceive as scattershot horror stories.

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