Marvel CinemaVerse: Viral Promotion as Newscast

We've seen it done before with The Dark Knight a few years back, and it seems that Marvel wants to try their hand at it now. This is the second instalment from "WHIH World News" with Leslie Bibb reprising her Christine Everhart character from the first two Iron Man instalments, and it looks interesting.

Yeah, I decided to play along with the conceit in the comments sections. Maybe it'll challenge them to run with some stuff a little further, maybe not. But as long as it lasts, it ought to be worth watching.

And maybe we get an actual debate on the post-Sokovia situation acted out?

Education Policy and Pop Culture

Interesting linkages drawn by friendly acquaintances tonight:

https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/selling-the-big-lies-about-schools-and-teachers-on-sci-fi-fantasy-tv/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/14/netflixs-reed-hastings-has-a-big-idea-kill-elected-school-boards/

Thoughts, anyone?

Can we attribute the early arrival of charter schools as a concept in MCU-America ("early" compared to real-world history, that is) to HYDRA influence at the state level? Should we?