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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.

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“Journalists off the mark on key news stories”

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 … Continue reading

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James Murdoch’s democracy

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 … Continue reading

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Reasons to celebrate the collapse of the news industry

And why it won’t have any effect on our ‘democracy’. The collapse of the news industry speaks volumes. It shows that people aren’t interested in the news and, if they are, they’re probably not willing to pay for it. The … Continue reading

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