The Human Target - Internet Advertising Gone Wrong
Then, just as I was going to click-through to read about the parents' anguished search for their children... The Human Target - Premiering On Fox - burst through the story headline with digital flames and bullet holes. 
Call me crazy, and I realize it's hard to pick and chose which stories get the full animated advertising treatment, but this seems a little inappropriate to me.Can't The Human Target just burst through Ben Silverman and Jeff Zucker stories?
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About Jill Kennedy
Jill Kennedy is an Ivy League MBA / refugee from Lehman Brothers.
Manka Bros. (and the Manka Business Channel) hired her (for a very low sum) to cover the world of media (not the world of Medea) in her own words without corporate interference.
About Medea
Medea was a real bitch from classical mythology - as most famously dramatized by Euripides.
She was a sorceress and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece. When Jason deserted her, she chopped up their children. One could say, Medea acted as rationally as a major media company.
Tips, Scoops and Smoking Guns
I see that all that time, Jill. I'll go to some story at the NY Times or LA Times and there will be some dancing ad for a new cell phone or pizza delivery.
I remember when NBC showed Schindler's List commercial free (presented by Chevy Trucks). It seemed inappropriate only in the way it was presented. Those animated ads only last a few seconds - I think anyone placing them should only have them pop up over a fluff story. It does take you away from the reverence.
Yeah that's unfortunate.
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