Category Archives: Journalism
… although I’m starting to be a little bit surprised.
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged News of the World, phone-hacking, Rebekah Brooks, tabloids
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What’s most depressing is that I’m barely surprised…
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Milly Dowler, News of the World, phone-hacking, Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch
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It happens every year!
… 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 … Continue reading
Tabloid hypocrisy, #374
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 … Continue reading
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The unmasking of Jack Night
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… … Continue reading
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Ugandan discussions and big balls
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 … Continue reading
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Please give me back my news!
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 … Continue reading
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Chris Morris and the Pay-as-you-go Internet
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 … Continue reading
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Free child pornography with your Super Sizzling Sun
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 … Continue reading
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Calendars… use them
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 … Continue reading
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