Iconic US music mag, Rolling Stone, features a blistering attack on the US electroral system in the 2004 presidential elections. Random quote….. "Republicans derided anyone who expressed doubts about Bush’s victory as nut cases in ”tinfoil hats,” while the national media, with few exceptions, did little to question the validity of the election. The Washington […]
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Murdoch on MySpace
Read the July issue of Wired whilst enjoying a Starbucks in Borders. It has stunning cover and a reasonably enlightening interview with Murdoch about the News Corp. purchase of MySpace. Murdoch on newspapers.."Can newspapers make money online? Sure. Can they make enough to replace what’s going out? At the moment, with the Internet so competitive, […]
Student media consumption survey at Newswatch 06
Nigel Baker, executive editor AP TV news, will present the results of a survey at the Newswatch 06 conference at Bournemouth Uni on 8th June.. Baker picked the brains of media students at the Uni to discover what is being "watched and read by 18 to 25 year olds". I should be going. It should […]
Galloway and the Fake Sheikh
Galloway posts ‘fake sheikh’ photos – Daily Mail Unmasking the ‘fake sheikh‘ – Channel 4 News (Video) So the pictures of the NoW’s ‘Fake Sheikh’ have been posted at George Galloway’s website. Few questions…when exactly were these pictures taken? Surely the ‘Sheikh’ would have changed his hair cut since THE 1960s!! If he hasn’t, well […]
