Friday, February 6, 2009

Problems With Math

This segment pertains to how the ones needing votes resort to a 'by any means necessary' approach. After getting caught, they hired the world-famous comedian, Robin Williams, to lighten things up and play it off as a computer... glitch.


 

From
Hacking Democracy
(Video Duration: 1:19:47)
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From
The UnCounted
(Video Duration: 1:17:26)
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From Out Foxed
(Video Duration: 1:13:02)
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From
Man of the Year
(Video Duration: 2:28)
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Tom Dobbs is a popular satirical comedian with his own TV show. When the presidential election approaches, he decides to become an independent candidate in order to gain more material and be able to mock the candidates up-close. To his, as well as a lot of peoples' surprise, he actually becomes elected to president. In reality, however, the whole thing was caused by a major 'glitch' in the new electronic voting system that was used. The executives of the company that designed it, Delacroy, want to keep the truth a secret, as it will mean the end of the company. One of its lead programmers, Eleanor Green, decides to tell the truth. The Delacroy executives become determined to stop her at all costs. 

- Release Date: 13 October 2006
- Budget: $20 million
- Gross: $41.2 million

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