Author Archives: Rob Wells
Quick! Focus on the evil Murdoch!
Johann Hari distracts readers from the corporate nature of his paper, in an otherwise positive review of Chomsky’s Hopes and Prospects.
Continue readingHating Hamas
For my undergraduate dissertation, I looked at the Guardian and Daily Telegraph’s coverage of Hamas over three events in 2006 and 2007. It is now freely available online.
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Flotilla Falsehoods
An Israel-supporting friend of mine linked me to a video “explanation” of the IDF’s raid. I decided to pick it apart.
Continue readingMcCartney’s release, The Lincolnite’s lead
“The Lincolnite”, a Lincoln news website, seems to think making minor changes to a press release makes it into a lead story.
Continue readingA response to Dan Derricott
In a recent blog post, Dan Derricott outlined the reasons why he intended to vote for Labour in the election. But his reasoning was incredibly flawed, to the point where I felt the need to respond.
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