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Monthly Archives: October 2010
What’s the blogging story?
I’ve just realised that in all the excitement of kickstarting my blogging again (and pouring a bottle of Buxton all over my laptop) I forgot to plug the piece I wrote about last week’s blogging and the media event: The … Continue reading
And the Christmas bans begin
Ban tr.v. banned, ban·ning, bans To prohibit, especially by official decree: The city council banned billboards on most streets. See Synonyms at forbid South African Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of … Continue reading
Posted in Express, Media, Political correctness gone mental
Tagged ban, Christmas ban, religion ban, Royal Mail
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The danger of tabloid mythology
A few days ago the Times (paywalling your asses) carried an interview with Stephen Lennon, aka the EDL’s Tommy Robinson. As well as revealing Lennon’s conviction and jail sentence for ABH, the article says: He said that “reluctantly” he uses … Continue reading
Posted in Churnalism, Islam, Media, Political correctness gone mental, Times
Tagged EDL, political correctness, Stephen Lennon, Tommy Robinson, winterval
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Criminal negligence
According to the Express, 200 beasts have been set free to strike again. See? The title of the online article is even more shocking: It’s not immediately clear what the Express is claiming here. It could be that 200 people … Continue reading
Scrounging scroungers scrounging
Scroungy scroungy scroungers fit to work! The Mail goes big on the 75%, while the Express opts for the slightly higher 78%. The Sun, meanwhile, generously rounds it up to 4 in 5. It’s not too hard to find where … Continue reading
Posted in Express, Health, Mail, Media, Numbers, Sun
Tagged benefit scroungers, benefits, ESA, incapacity benefit
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Tomorrow: blogging and the media
Just a quick public service announcement. I’ll be off to Bristol tomorrow to go to ‘What’s the blogging story?’, a panel debate about blogging and the media (I’m not on the panel). Who can you trust when the new media … Continue reading
Osborne gets a free pass on benefit proposals
George Osborne’s proposals to ban people who fiddle their benefits three times from claiming government money have had a lot of coverage today. It’s been in the Express, the Mail, the Independent (via PA), the Mirror, the Guardian, the Morning … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Express, Guardian, Independent, Mail, Media, Mirror, Politics, Sun
Tagged benefits, Conservatives, George Osborne, government, three strike rule
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Mail and Sun print image of DVD cover with 14-year-old girl
On September 20th, Lara Jade Coton was awarded $130,000 (about £81,000) after a porn company in the states used a (non-explicit) picture of her as a 14-year-old on a DVD cover. She said: I didn’t want to be known as … Continue reading
Cannibalising a quote
After apparently mining (see what I did?) a spoof news website for its front page yesterday, you’d think the Star might try to be a bit more serious with its coverage of the Chilean miners. Clearly not. There’s no cannibal … Continue reading
Oh Johann
I usually really like Johann Hari’s columns. But when reading his latest, Obama’s escalating robot-war in Pakistan endangers us all, I found something a bit disappointing. He wrote: David Kilcullen is a counterinsurgency expert who worked for General Petraeus in … Continue reading
