How does she know? Does she have a tape measure on her tongue? ibid.
Shall we hang this kid? Die! ibid.
Rise up, America! ibid.
Sit down, you fat bitch! ibid.
Statistics show that 50% of all employees killed on the job worked in convenience stores. Here, what appears to be a simple purchase turns into a horrifying act of barbarism. Banned from Television, 1998
The skydive goes horribly wrong when the primary chute failed to employ. ibid.
The two-ton car slams into the suspect crushing him to death. ibid.
The Thailand Stock Exchange in Bangkok: investors study the board as the Asian financial crisis deepens. Inside the lobby of the exchange a distraught man now bankrupt holds a gun to his neck. ibid.
2003: The United States and Iraq are on the brink of war. Al Jazeera satellite channel will broadcast the war to forty million Arab viewers. The Arab world watches and waits. Control Room, 2004
It became the most controversial news channel in the Arab world. Several Arab governments banned the channel for criticizing their regimes. The Bush administration called it ‘the mouthpiece of Osama bin Laden’. It is now the most popular channel in the Arab world. ibid.
‘They [Al Jazeera] have been quite open to us inviting US government officials to speak directly on their channel and express the American point of view.’ ibid. Nabeel Khoury, US State Department spokesman
In 1996 some of the greatest comedy talents of all time came together to create a new sketch comedy show. What resulted was arguably one of the most spectacular failures in television history. Too Funny to Fail: The Life and Death of the Dana Carvey Show, caption, 2017
At some point you’ve got to shoot something. ibid. Dana
[Steve] Carell’s commitment was beyond 1000%. ibid.
Something like six million people deserted the show, I dunno, within the first five minutes. ibid.
The show was really critically savaged. ibid. writer
The only letter that singled me out was from my mother. ibid. Carell
Fred Rogers, 1967: ‘One of my main jobs it seems to me is to help through the mass media to help children through some of the difficult modulations of life.’ Won’t You Be My Neighbor? 2018
14 years ago a television programme for children made its unauspicious debut on Station WQED in Pittsburgh: its host Fred Rogers, an ordained minister with an abiding interest in children and an equally abiding belief that they deserved more from television. ibid.
‘Mr Roger’s Neighborhood: Low production values, simple set, unlikely star, yet it worked.’ ibid. producer
‘Love is at the root of everything.’ ibid. Fred Rogers
For over six decades now the fairer sex have put up with all manner of wrong-headed bloking bad. Of course they were different, more innocent times when boob and bum jokes weren’t just acceptable but the funniest thing in the world ever apparently. Welcome to an eye-poppingly gropy gallop through the worst chauvinistic excesses in TV history. Most Shocking Sexist TV of All Time: Ooh, You Are Awful: TV We Used to Love, Channel 5 2018
60s: The Saint: ‘Where domestic abuse is … all a bit of fun.’ ibid. TV critic
60s: Camberwick Green: ‘Poor Mrs Honeyman with her tampon baby.’ ibid.
60s: Dr in the House: ‘Kind of like a bad dream … various shades of chauvinist pig’ … ‘verbal gang rape’ … ibid.
BBC: Mainly for Men: ‘… We have a very exciting piece on shark fishing …’ ibid. presenter
Parkinson: ‘Especially telling sluttish eroticism.’ ibid. re guest Helen Mirren
Miss Yorkshire Television 1980: ‘She has brown hair and green eyes, and more important still she measures …’ ibid. presenter
1986 Champs-Elysees: ‘I said I want to fuck her’ [Whitney Houston] ibid. drunk Serg Gainsbourg
Bottle Boys: The jokes were terribly saucy; actually they were just terrible. ibid.
Manaus: We are on a drug trafficking route. Today, our city is a murder capital. Killer Ratings I: The Accusation, dude, Netflix 2019
And it was here that the Wallace case took place. ibid. woman
The Wallace case was exceptional. Many do not believe that what happened was even possible. Such outrageous events. So momentous. ibid. dude
I started a crime show [Canal Livre]. ibid. Souza
He started to become defender of the people … Wallace fought against drug trafficking and criminals. ibid. director
The police themselves tipped us off. And we sent a crew to report. ibid.
A big fight started between the puppet and Gil … Wallace thought it was hilarious. ibid.
In his first election he won the most votes in Manaus. ibid.
Wallace presented himself as a saviour. He was going to solve all the issues. ibid. dude
They always got there first because the representative ordered the killings: Representative Wallace. ibid. journalist
Due to the volume of facts to be investigated, we had the idea of creating a group which was called Task Force. Killer Ratings II: The Investigation
According to his testimony, he had been killing for Wallace Souza. More than a dozen killings. But Representative Wallace Souza stated he did not know Moa. ibid. task force dude
Among those who worked for him there were former cops who had been expelled from the force for criminal activities. ibid. dude
They started to kill rival drug dealers and to film the scene, creating a buzz. ibid.
When the story hit the news, many people, mainly those living in poor neighbourhoods where Wallace was popular, thought that he was being persecuted. Killer Ratings III: Conspiracy, woman
Moa had revealed in his statement that Raphael Souza, Wallace’s son, was a key person in the criminal organisation. ibid. Task Force dude
The evidence we gathered confirmed all of the statements we had collected. ibid. rozzer
I’m sure my son and I are innocent. Killer Ratings IV: The Son, Wallace to press
The Task Force was ready to take the next step in the investigation. We would arrest the security guards that worked on Wallace’s TV show. ibid. Task Force dude
The Task Force dragged my father’s name through the mud. Killer Ratings V: In God’s Hands, son
Wallace faces several accusations including witness intimidation, as well as forming a criminal organization and drug trafficking. ibid. television news
I declare the impeachment of Wallace Souza. ibid. speaker of house
The press is simply destroying our family. ibid. wife into press microphone
Police have received several anonymous tip-offs on the whereabouts of Wallace Souza. Killer Ratings VI: Judgement, television news
Judge Mirza Telma today heard five witnesses for the prosecution. Among them, two people who witnessed the death of Cacula. ibid.
It was a long and complex case. I had to decide if there was enough evidence to prove Wallace Souza was the author of this crime. ibid. Judge
I came to the conclusion that there was enough evidence for all the defendants including Wallace to be sent for trial by a jury. Killer Ratings VII: The Terror, judge
I talked. I gave hours of testimony. ibid. Wallace’s co-worker Gisele Vaz