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Within a few hours of yesterday's horrific events at Virgina Tech, CNN.com had posted video, submitted by a student, capturing some of the gunfire. The video (found here) was shot on a cellphone outside a dormitory and appears to be a police officer shooting at an unseen target. It is shaky, grainy, and entirely inconclusive outside of the situation. However, given the circumstances, it is incredibly jarring.

After viewing the video, I thought to myself, how exactly did CNN get this - and how did it get it so soon after the incident?

The answer was quite simple: They set up a web page (linked prominently on its main site) specifically asking witnesses to send videos, photos and audio.

I am not passing judgment on whether or not CNN, or any other media outlet, should be posting video of this event so soon after it has taken place. But I am questioning these methods.

CNN is not YouTube or MySpace. It is not a web site that is created specifically to encourage users to create their own content. It is a news agency. It is not in the business, nor should it be in the business, of asking (read: begging) witnesses of tragic events to create content for them. Further, they should not be so blatantly abusing the very people providing them with these materials. In small print, CNN notes that users submitting media agree to their terms of use, which includes this particularly exploitative language:

By submitting your material... you hereby grant to CNN.. a non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to edit, telecast, rerun, reproduce, use, syndicate, license, print, sublicense, distribute and otherwise exhibit the materials you submit... without payment to you or any third party... CNN has the right to edit and/or alter any submission.

Boiled-down version of the page: Give us your tragedy. Let us sell it for our benefit and not yours. Read more...

Tucker Carlson will host a game show on CBS called "Do You Trust Me?"

While annoying, this news does not signal the end of Western civilization. If there's any job in the world more suited to douchebaggery than being a bowtie-wearing conservative talking head, it's game show host.

What Tucker's new job does show is the ever-blurring line between entertainment and news. And between him and his should-be lover, Anderson Cooper, it seems the networks are making their choices for newscasters whom they will put on every show imaginable. To drive this point home: Anderson Cooper recently hosted HBO's comedy-panel show "honoring" Jerry Seinfeld. Ignoring for the moment the pointlessness of the show itself, what exactly has Anderson Cooper done that would merit him hosting a panel discussion on (intentional) comedy?

Perhaps we're running out of able emcees, or perhaps we're running out of intelligent newscasters. Or perhaps I'm asking the wrong questions. This blogger asks the question, "What Effect Has Anderson Cooper Had on You Today?" And really, maybe this is what we should be thinking. Because there is no limit to what these guys can do. If we're lucky, maybe we'll soon get these shows: "Tucker and Anderson Go to the World Series," "Cooper and Carlson at the AVN Awards Red Carpet," and "Tuck and Coop at the Movies."

What would you like to see Tuck, Coop, or even their trainee Ryan Seacrest (face it: it's only a matter of time before he's hosting the evening news), do next?

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Snoop, though, would have fired him yesterday:

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Based on the trailer, Daft Punk seems to be attempting to channel Kubrick in their upcoming movie, Electroma.

You can view Daft Punk's previous movie, Interstella 5555, IN ITS ENTIRETY below.

More cool B&W Soviet photos here.