{"id":1422,"date":"2003-07-09T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2003-07-09T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2021-05-23T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T16:04:12","slug":"links-roundup-2003-07-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/2003\/07\/09\/links-roundup-2003-07-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Links Roundup (2003\/07\/09)<\/small>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n   • Reuters<\/a>: The radio ban on the Dixie Chicks’ music causes Senate action: “[T]he fact that giant radio groups could ban a group’s music because of a political statement was [in the words of Senator John McCain] an ‘incredible, incredible act’ that serves as an example of how radio industry consolidation is causing the ‘erosion of the First Amendment.’<\/I>” Actually, I was more outraged by the list of “improper” songs following 9\/11\/01.
    • Orson Scott Card<\/a> makes a nice point, regarding Order of the Phoenix<\/i>: “Every time you see <\/i>The New York Times bestseller list and realize that this book is not at the top of it, but instead has been shunted into a \u0093children\u0092s book\u0094 ghetto, remember: This is an active lie, a conspiracy to deprive J.K. Rowling of public recognition of her achievement, which was to write a series of books loved by readers of every age, without the blessing of the elitist literary establishment.<\/I>&$8221;
    • USA Today<\/a>: Dreamworks Sinbad<\/i> bombs and suddenly it’s “the end of hand drawn animation” (again). There are two flaws to this hypothesis. A): there is a lot of 3D computer animation in Sinbad<\/i> but it still couldn’t be saved. And 2): Lilo & Stitch<\/i>. And, what the hell, let\\’s add C): Hollywood thinks spectacle trumps story.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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