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Coretta Scott King, in Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today’s Complex World by Leo Parvis (via philosophybits) |
Max Renn, owner of a small cable television station, captures images of tortured and dead people. Soon, he discovers that the broadcast is called Videodrome, is generated in Pittsburgh and is much more than a morbid show. It is an experiment that uses television to permanently alter people’s perceptions, causing serious damage to the brain.
VIDEODROME (1983) dir. David Cronenberg
Lately, it seems that right-wing heroes and heroines du jour turn out to be slimeballs and reprobates. Well, add another to the list—Melissa Carone, the star witness in the Trump campaign’s attempt to overturn Biden’s win there due to baseless claims of voter fraud.
By now, you’ve seen Carone’s bonkers testimony before a Michigan state house panel, in which she claimed to have seen all manner of fraud while votes were being counted at the TCF Center. Her claims were so off the rails that even Rudy Giuliani had to try to rein her in. Earlier, she’d claimed to have seen ballots smuggled inside vans. A judge had previously ruled Carone’s claims were “not credible.”
For most of the week, people have wondered whether Carone had been too well served during her testimony. But it turns out there’s another reason to question her credibility. Two years ago, she was busted for sending obscene messages to her boyfriend’s ex-wife. …
