Though they intended to “reclaim America,” members of Patriot Front had more than enough trouble reclaiming their own ride.
Sunday, December 5, 2021
Saturday, December 4, 2021
U.S.A.! U.S.A.! vol. 259
Why all this attention when cable news barely matters to most Americans? The average audience commanded by Maddow and Cooper and Hannity and all the others slithering down your cable cord is so tiny you can almost get away with calling cable news a niche media. According to October numbers from TV Newser, the three major cable networks attract an average audience of only 4.2 million viewers during primetime, which is when viewing peaks. In a nation of 330 million, that’s just a little over 1 percent of the population. Meanwhile, the three nightly news broadcasts together can reliably pull in 21.5 million viewers a night. The cable numbers pale even more when you analyze individual networks ratings. Cuomo’s erstwhile channel, CNN, drew, according to TV Newser, an average of about 700,000 viewers during primetime in one October week, which is about equal in size to the population of El Paso. Or compare the cable news audience to that of country music (31 million listeners daily) or Netflix (74 million subscribers) to gain another perspective. If country music vanished in a rapture, you’d have to deal with some pretty ornery people. But if cable news disappeared tomorrow, who would notice?
Time to Pull the Plug on Cable News
Cable News reaches a tiny fraction of the country, so why does the rest of the media care so much about the stupid things it says?
Friday, December 3, 2021
Thursday, December 2, 2021
#gorenoise vol. 127
Mystery initially shrouded Amy Carlson’s death after her decomposing corpse was found in a Colorado home, wrapped in a sleeping bag with glitter around her missing eyes.
Cause of Death Revealed for Mummified Colorado ‘Cult’ Leader Found Without Eyes
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
We Are The Sprocket Holes vol. 512
Today, the unearned confidence of masculinity is enhanced by InfoWars-branded Super Male Vitality supplements. Numerous comedians tap into the Trumpian world of awkward media sensibilities, body horror, and crypto grifts for discomforting anti-comedy that’s occasionally as profound as it is hilarious. O’Malley, Heidecker, André, and more are pointing out aspects of the modern American male that most media ignores, blowing out their worlds and weaknesses to unstable heights while reminding you that their parodies aren’t as exaggerated as they seem. In many cases, the “real” version is only a YouTube recommendation away.
Awwwww Yeah vol. 242
no matter how mainstream porn watching, porn making, and porn culture have become (I remember “porn star” being a popular clothing label at least 20 years ago), actual porn performers are still effectively pariahs. They can be denied even the lowliest jobs, be summarily fired from others they’ve worked for years, be denied bank accounts, etc. Even working at Taco Bell has been deemed too good for someone who has dabbled in porn. It’s both shocking puritanical hypocrisy and also sort of emblematic of how we treat all “necessary workers.” We want to benefit from their labor (or maybe just jack off to it) without the pain of having to acknowledge their humanity.
Again, there’s an easy sob story there, but Red Rocket refuses to turn Mikey into an object of pity. He’s far too proud for that, for one thing, but also too squirrelly. Almost as soon as you acknowledge society’s cruel treatment of him you’re forced to reckon with your own feeling, that you probably wouldn’t want to live with this flakey motormouthed himbo either. Simon Rex rides that line perfectly, of being both lovable and insufferable, charming even as you know he’s trying to pick your pocket.
Sean Baker’s Unforgettable ‘Red Rocket’ Features Simon Rex In The Role Of His Life As An Ex-Porn Star Returning To His Small Town Home
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