Archive for the ‘journalism’ Category

Twats

Posted on: November 1, 2009

I don’t give a flying toot about Stephen Fry* or Twitter. There are nearly 1 million people that do apparently. But guess what, they can ‘follow’ him on Twitter itself. That’s what it is for. No-one therefore needs the mainstream press to regurgitate this bullshit. That doesn’t stop them though.
Twats.
* Actually, I do like Stephen [...]

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Daily Mail Masterclass

Posted on: October 20, 2009

Gotta love Jan Moir and The Daily Mail. A simple story really. Stephen Gately, 32 year old ex-member of a successful pop combo, dies on holiday. The coroner reports no suspicious circumstances and no drugs. Nothing to see here, move along now.
But no, the Daily Mail do not let such outrageous scandals pass them by. [...]

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Slow News Day?

Posted on: June 10, 2009

Apparently the French are baffled and ‘frustrated in the extreme’ by the British courts.
“I had to explain to my audience, I would not be able to give as much information – just report the facts,” said Mr Fabian Thelma, a broadcaster for Canal Plus.
You’re a reporter. That’s your job! You want the building re-designed just [...]

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