Rhetorica
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The Rhetorica Network offers analysis and commentary about the rhetoric of journalism, politics, and our culture. This site features the Rhetorica web log, a rhetoric primer, a primer of critical techniques, and information for citizens.
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9M ago
I brought the “Our Expat Journey” webseries to a close. I’ll have more to say about that later. And I started a new webseries of sorts: Black & white, widescreen (2.2:1 70mm equiv.) mini-docs made with my Pixel 6. What’s …
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10M ago
Here’s a promotional video I made for Ensemble Iberica from the recent patron tour I filmed (also see below).
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11M ago
I’m working a promotional video for Ensemble Iberica regarding fado. Here’s some smartphone footage from a recent show in Lisboa, Portugal.
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Rhetorica
1y ago
When I first announced I was creating a new portfolio site, I mentioned that I was taking my time finishing it. Well, I was right ? It took a bit more time, mostly because I was not happy with some …
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1y ago
A few years back Carbon Trace Productions started a website called Eyewitness that functioned as publishing venue for short, newsy items that didn’t quite fit the term documentary. We imagined that we would publish such non-fiction videos regularly. That didn’t …
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Rhetorica
1y ago
I think I mentioned earlier that I’ve been working on branding. I’m too lazy right now to go back and look ? In any case, I’m likely to publish a lot of these things in the coming weeks because I’m …
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Rhetorica
1y ago
Not long ago I mentioned creating my own code of ethics for documentary filmmaking — a task I’m still thinking about. So that got me to thinking perhaps I should ask ChatGPT: What is the most important ethical responsibility for …
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Rhetorica
1y ago
I’m posting this here because I have lost my Facebook account and need to communicate the following widely. It appears likely I will never get it back. Long story short: If you see ad on Facebook for a ChatGPT app, …
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1y ago
I began Rhetorica in 2002 (following its first iteration as Presidential Campaign Rhetoric 2000) using the Greymatter blogging script. I moved from that to MovableType a couple of years later. Their business model changed in a way that didn’t make …
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