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Brazil's "Tropa de Elite": A Paraguayan Preview Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 549 seconds The next big Brazilian import from Miramax is selling like hotcakes in the pirate market in Brazilian cities. Here's a Paraguayan preview, of a training scene reminiscent of Kubrick's "Full-Metal Jacket." Related: bope, brasil, brazil, cinema, entertainment, film, globo, infotainment, miramax |
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NMM-TV: Brazilian Soap Opera Tackles Rio Militias Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 501 seconds TV Record soap opera Vidas Opostas ("Opposite Lives") tackles an issue that the news media tackles only in a sporadic and sketchy way: The militias of Rio de Janeiro. I have gisted a passage from the program for your English-language edutainment. Related: brasil, brazil, entertainment, infotainment, milicia, militia, novela, record, rio, rio-de-janeiro |
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NMM-TV: RJ No Ar Covers "The Mineira War" Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 516 seconds Rio military police get into a firefight in downtown Rio. The local TV news defines the term "banana republican" with its Lacerdist, CNN-style "coverage" of events. Later, a police official is arrested for finagling the release of the ringleader of the attempted invasion of a retail point of sale by the Comando Vermelho. Welcome to hell Related: rio, brasil, brazil, de, janeiro, jornalismo, journalism, mineira, pm, record, rio, television, tráfico |
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NMM Zeitgeist Newsreel No. 3 Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 612 seconds Responses to state failure edition: Bope Rio de Janeiro Critical Mass "The superior risk manager is ever attuned to the Zeitgeist" Related: activism, brasil, brazil, censorship, corruption, history, human-rights, media, monopoly, mídias, police, rights, security |
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SEC Chair on XBRL Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 627 seconds Christopher Cox address the XBRL Conference on the extensible business reporting language, January 19, 2006, San Jose, California Related: data, financial-services, sec, structured-data, xbrl, xml |
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Ecuadoran President: YouTube x The Boob Tube Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 263 seconds A little exercise in analysing press-government relations as the Ecuadorn government uses YouTube to promote talking points omitted by press coveage it considers inflammatory. Related: ecuador, equador, journalism, media, news, newspaper, pr, press, public-relations, tv |
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NMM-TV Random Music Video No. 6 Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 168 seconds Clementina de Jesus, "Moro na Roça" I live in the country I don't live in the town I buy the morning paper To learn what's going down Related: brasil, brazil, music, samba, video |
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NMM-TV: A Note on Ester Elba Gordillo Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 339 seconds Telephone conversation with governor is recorded; opposition alleges electoral crime. Have a listen. Plus: There's something funny about Glenn Reynolds's "An Army of Davids" ... Related: blogs, corruption, crime, elections, instapundit, mexico, news |
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NMM-TV Li Po Memorial Music Video: Enchente Oxente Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 224 seconds Crazy alagamento experiene in São Paulo. It's a Tupi entupido thing, you would not understand. Soundtrack: Tzadik, from "17 Lyrics of Li Po" by Harry Partch. Related: alagamento, brasil, brazil, bunda, music, poetry, weather |
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NMM-TV: Cidade Pixada Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 382 seconds Or pichada, if you prefer. São Paulo video diary with material from the OSBB Photo Agency, and microtonal Chicago street poetry. Grafitti-themed. Related: brasil, brazil, grafitti, pichação, sampa, vlog |
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NMM(-TV)SNBCNNBS: Militia Incident at the Vila Joaniza, Rio Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 350 seconds TV Record covers a shootout in a Rio shantytown. The ranting anchorman denounces human rights groups, says "The Colonel" is a personal friend of his, and says that overemphasis on police corruption is "Communism." Fairly typical populist TV journalism. Related: brasil, brazil, entertainment, infotainment, milicia, militia, novela, record, rio, rio-de-janeiro |
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NMM-TV presents El Mapache: Confessions of an Election Fixer Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 487 seconds Telemundo interviews a man who helped to fix five elections in Mexico. He mentions a case in the recent election which perfectly illustrates the technique he describes. NMM-TV presents it to you MTV-style. Related: amlo, corruption, fraud, fraude, journalism, justice, media, mexico, news, spanish, subtitle |
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Law and Order in Brazil: Reality x Press Release Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 409 seconds Recent reports from Brazilian TV on police governance contrasted with official public relations on the subject. A slight disconnect is observed. Related: blog, brasil, brazil, crime, law, police, violence, vlog |
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NMM-TV Presents: Mexico's Armed Media-Monopoly State Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 353 seconds Telemundo takes a look at Televisa and TV Azteca, media monopolies operated as instruments of social control and political corruption ... who now want to operate in the U.S. Spanish-language market. Subtitled for the Romance-language impaired. Haven't we already imported enough Tex-Mex style democracy for one decade? Related: corruption, elections, fox, media, mexico, msnbc, politics, televisa |
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NMM(-TV)SNBCNNBS 2007: Brooklyn Proof of Life Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 215 seconds A completely gratuitous vlog entry whipped out on 23 minutes to test a new video editing setup and prove to my wife back in Brazil that I am not abusing the cat here in Brooklyn. Music: Clementina de Jesus, "Marinheiro Só"; Almir Sater, "Minas Gerais" Related: brasil, brazil, brooklyn, música, samba, viola-caipira, vlog |
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NMM-TV: Fake News Case Studies Nos. 1 & 2, Take 5b Posted by: cbrayton
Video duration: 345 seconds Going to get this right this time. Having some version control problems in my multimedia CMS. For commentary, see http://cbrayton.word press.com/2006/12/07 /nmm-tv-permanent- emergency-informatio n-services-quality-c risis-bulletin-for- the-fox-news-screen- crawl/ Related: azteca, brazil, bush, corruption, fox, media, mexico, monopoly, murdoch, oaxaca, propaganda |

















