Link: Journalists off the mark on key news stories
The University of Lincoln’s press office beat me (quite substantially) in publishing a write-up of Dorothy Byrne’s talk at the university last week. It’s a decent article, though Ian writes consistently good copy so that shouldn’t surprise anyone.
But what is interesting is… it’s missing half the people [...]
I wrote this at the start of September, but saved it at as a local draft in MarsEdit, and I’ve only just come across it again. It’s not particularly topical anymore, but the points still stand.
I don’t think anyone should really take Murdoch’s views seriously, and certainly not believe what he’s saying.
His motives are so [...]
Lindsay Page, in an essay on Charlie Beckett’s blog, argues that the BBC made the right decision to not show the DEC appeal for Gaza.
She’s wrong, but takes us on a 1,300-word journey first. It’s full of exciting words like “poststructuralist” and “subjectification”.
I’ll spare you.
The main points of her argument are almost entirely contained within [...]
