Angelina Jolie, Nude or Not?

Today Digg banned a front page post that contained a video mash-up of “porn” on Fox News. I caught the story on Reddit as it reached about #2. Typically this type of article is not my style but hitting the top of both Digg and Reddit made my SEO saliva gland crank up production. I came across the Digg link in a fellow blogger’s post and followed it to a surprisingly bland 404 page over at Digg. I was surprised to find that they didn’t specifically mention why the post was yanked or bother to redirect the traffic. The Reddit link did in fact work and took me to an embedded video with a non-stop stream of screen grabs and clips taken from various Fox News shows, each containing fairly graphic yet censored content. I don’t know how long the video lasted but after about 30 seconds I had seen enough to get the point and promptly voted it down (not that it helped, it is currently sitting in the #1 spot). Speaking of getting to the point, I thought it was quite interesting that Digg pulled the “safe for television” footage from their site without a word. Maybe their Revision3 ties bind them to potential future deals with big TV. Maybe Fox has some leverage in pulling content they deem “unfit for Digg” or maybe the article didn’t conform to the stringent requirements to stay on top of Digg’s list.

While on the subject of partial nudity I have to make reference to the Beowulf review that Roger Ebert posted on the Chicago Sun Times site today. First let me say that I am a huge Roger Ebert fan. I saw him speak at Weber State University and was blown away by his writing and speaking skills. Obviously he and his people are brilliant marketers. It is really sad that his health has deteriorated so that he can no longer host his television show and blow the minds of aspiring film geeks at speaking engagements. It is obvious that even though his health keeps him out of the spotlight he still gets really excited when he writes reviews. The Beowulf review is a perfect example. Of course I can’t tell if he is truly excited about how amazing the movie looked in IMAX 3D or how incredible the CG version of Angelina Jolie looked. Mr. Ebert…, care to clarify?