Not, however, at the latest allegation that the NOTW hacked the voicemail of 7/7 victims. What’s really struck me since I wrote the last post is the slowly developing picture of life behind the scenes at News International. It’s a strange mix of sinister global media manipulation and utter comical incompetence. On one hand we [...]
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… although I’m starting to be a little bit surprised.
July 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Journalism, Politics
Tags:News of the World·phone-hacking·Rebekah Brooks·tabloids
What’s most depressing is that I’m barely surprised…
July 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Journalism, Politics
After reading the latest chapter in the News of the World phone-hacking scandal… Missing Milly Dowler’s voicemail was hacked by News of the World (Guardian) … I jokingly remarked that at this rate it wouldn’t be long before a tabloid admitted to kidnapping Madeleine McCann, purely in order to generate a decent story on a [...]
Tags:Milly Dowler·News of the World·phone-hacking·Rebekah Brooks·Rupert Murdoch
It happens every year!
December 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Drivel, Journalism, Politics
… that is, the self-important media pronouncements about our inability to cope with the snow. Why we’re a laughing stock with the rest of the world – David Jones, Daily Mail This bursting urge to point out our national shortcomings is like a comfort blanket for the terminal self-deprecator. It usually sits pretty squarely with [...]
Tags:#uksnow·daily mail·snow
Tabloid hypocrisy, #374
March 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Journalism
Oh, and while I’m using the sterling work of others to fill my own blog space, Louis Barfe makes some excellent points regarding tabloid behaviour over the Jon Venables affair. We can all dream up our little legal, psychological and judicial theories about it, but creating a furious media storm based purely on hearsay and [...]
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The unmasking of Jack Night
June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Journalism
It’s been a bit quiet on here lately… a mixture of self-inflicted DIY, bluesjamtracks work (including the London International Music Show) and the usual everyday stuff. Anyway, this springs to mind as the most attention-worth bit of news I’ve seen… Nightjack case kills the right of anonymity (Guardian) In case you weren’t aware, Nightjack was [...]
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Ugandan discussions and big balls
February 15th, 2005 · No Comments · Journalism, Technology
Fans of satirical/anti-sleaze/media-commentary magazine Private Eye may be interested in this site… Ugandan Discussions features cover scans of every issue of the Eye since 1961. Yes, even the really notorious one that WHSmiths refused to sell. [via BoingBoing] Elsewhere, a shiny black spherical robot, originally developed by Swedish scientists for use on Mars, is now [...]
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Please give me back my news!
February 11th, 2005 · No Comments · Journalism
I grinned as I bought a copy of The Independent today. Instead of the usual front page layout, they had lots of boxes containing headlines and straplines to various major news stories, topped by the headline “HERE IS THE NEWS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED”. Down in the bottom right corner, in a tiny little box, [...]
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Chris Morris and the Pay-as-you-go Internet
November 28th, 2004 · No Comments · Art/Culture, Consumer, Journalism
As a somewhat obsessive Chris Morris fanboy, I was interested to read (or rather, read *of*) an article in The Independent announcing that his latest work is to be a sitcom, scheduled for screening on Channel 4 in January. It turns out there’s a lot of misinformation in that article, but several issues are clarified [...]
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Free child pornography with your Super Sizzling Sun
March 9th, 2004 · No Comments · Art/Culture, Journalism
So what’s worse… exhibiting pictures of a naked child in the very young-hip-and-urban Spitz Gallery in East London or printing one of those pictures (alongside one from a “genuine” child porn website) in a national newspaper? Or, to put it another way, does Rebekah Wade have any concept of social responsibility? It’s a serious question [...]
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Calendars… use them
August 4th, 2003 · No Comments · Drivel, Journalism
A message for various branches of the media… It’s summer. It gets warm in summer. Some years are warmer than others. This year might break the records, but they’ve been saying that every year since 1976, and only 1990 was hotter. Now, if you haven’t got anything better to report, why not just fill fewer [...]
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