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January 12, 2005

The Sun reads Bloggerheads

(Cheers to ScaryDuck for the heads-up on this one...)

Here's a Sun journalist visiting the site in late December.

Blogstats1

This IP address - 143.252.80.124 - doesn't bring up any WHOIS info at the moment, but here's someone from Usenet who tracked this IP address back to News International in Jan 2004. I think you'll agree that its' a pretty Sun-centric story (Won't somebody pleeease think of the children?). Perhaps a Lexis-Nexis user would care to seek out a Sun story based on adoption guidelines in late January or early February 2004. If you wish. No big deal.

The tracking doesn't reveal which four pages he/she visited, but it's a pretty sure bet that they included at least one of these pages (perhaps even as an entry-point):
December 29, 2004 :: Murdoch: Fox-watching and Xmas Xtras
December 23, 2004 :: Rupert Murdoch and the 'War on Christmas' Campaign
December 22, 2004 :: News Corp declares War on Christmas
December 17, 2004 :: The War on Christmas is global
December 15, 2004 :: The Sun: 'Tis the season to be sarky
December 14, 2004 :: The Sun: staying on-message
December 13, 2004 :: The Sun: taking Christmas on tour
December 10, 2004 :: The Sun backs Santa Claus backing The Sun
December 9, 2004 :: The Sun: All your Christmas are belong to us

That one's just to let you know that I've been paying attention. Here's the really fun one...

This is what I suspect to be another Sun journalist viewing this site in early January.

Blogstats2

This IP address - 143.252.80.110 - can be traced directly to News International:

woki1.newsint.co.uk = [ 143.252.80.110 ]
Domain Name:
newsint.co.uk
Registrant:
News International Newspapers Limited
Trading As: News International Newspaper Limited
Registrant's Agent:
News International Newspapers Limited [Tag = NEWSINT]
URL: http://www.newsint.co.uk
Relevant Dates:
Last updated: 01-Jun-2004
Name servers listed in order:
ns0.newsint.co.uk 143.252.80.3
ns1.newsint.co.uk 143.252.80.205
WHOIS database last updated at 10: 30: 02 12-Jan-2005

The logs seem to have missed when the visit took place, but I'm going to take a wild shot in the dark here and suggest that this visit involved a visit to the front page and the page linked below on Jan 5 or Jan 6:

January 5, 2005 :: The Evolution of Crazy Frog - from Deng Deng to Ringtone

The reason for this guess is this Jan 7 article from The Sun by Sean Hamilton about... the origins of the Crazy Frog ringtone.

To: Sean Hamilton
From: Tim Ireland
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: Crazy Frog

Dear Sean,

I'm so glad you found my research useful for your Jan 7 Crazy Frog article:
http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2005/01/the_sun_reads_b.asp

Perhaps you'd care to chew on this for your next article:
http://www.bloggerheads.com/abu_ghraib/

I have it on good authority that a certain tabloid largely ignored the plight of men, women and children suffering in Abu Ghraib and actually gave more coverage to a puppy that was thrown off an overpass (you'll have to scroll to the bottom of this page; sorry to put you to so much bother):
http://www.bloggerheads.com/x-archive.asp?viewblog=20040527&date=27/05/04

I think this would make a good story. You might want to mention it to Rebekah Wade. Especially the bit about the children:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/14/193750/666
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/15/hersh_children_raped.html
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2004/07/15/hersh/

Cheers

Tim Ireland
www.bloggerheads.com

UPDATE

1. Yes, I'm aware that News International IPs may also indicate visits from other minions of Murdoch, such as those from NOTW and The Times. It's just that my belief if coincidences has been strained lately.

2. Sean Hamilton was nice enough to return my email, and clever enough to blame a nameless fact-checking sub for the visit I detected (with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, of course). Sean is now on record as saying that his first visit to this site was his visit today. So my headline is true; The Sun does read Bloggerheads. See? I'm lurning...

;o)

Posted by Manic on January 12, 2005 10:59 AM in the category Rupert 'The Evil One' Murdoch

Comments

Heh. Thieving bastards. Can't say it surprises me. What are the chances of getting cash out of the buggers?

In other news, I seem to have a pet fascist over at my place. He's kind of cute.

Posted by: Nosemonkey at January 12, 2005 11:15 AM

He is a charmer, isn't he?
http://europhobia.blogspot.com/2005/01/west-yorkshire-bnp-and-conservative.html#comments

Your typical anonymous coward at work.

Posted by: Manic at January 12, 2005 12:15 PM

Yeah - I hate people who post on the internet anonymously.

Erm...

Oh...

Posted by: Nosemonkey at January 12, 2005 12:23 PM

Don't sweat it, mate. It took me a long time to come out from behind my nickname. Plus, your website makes it clear what your values are and what your agenda is.

Posted by: Manic at January 12, 2005 12:31 PM

It's more because I'm worried about getting sacked than anything - in fact it'd be quite handy to be able to post under my real name - I might be able to pick up a bit of work out of it...

Meanwhile the blognazi's still going strong. Delightful fellow - from your neck of the woods and all, judging from his IP wotsit...

Posted by: Nosemonkey at January 12, 2005 2:40 PM

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	« Christian Voice - Stephen Green \| Main \| Labour campaigners using FOI laws to dig the dirt on Tory leader Michael Howard » January 12, 2005 The Sun reads Bloggerheads (Cheers to ScaryDuck for the heads-up on this one...) Here's a Sun journalist visiting the site in late December. This IP address - 143.252.80.124 - doesn't bring up any WHOIS info at the moment, but here's someone from Usenet who tracked this IP address back to News International in Jan 2004. I think you'll agree that its' a pretty Sun-centric story (Won't somebody pleeease think of the children?). Perhaps a Lexis-Nexis user would care to seek out a Sun story based on adoption guidelines in late January or early February 2004. If you wish. No big deal. The tracking doesn't reveal which four pages he/she visited, but it's a pretty sure bet that they included at least one of these pages (perhaps even as an entry-point): December 29, 2004 :: Murdoch: Fox-watching and Xmas Xtras December 23, 2004 :: Rupert Murdoch and the 'War on Christmas' Campaign December 22, 2004 :: News Corp declares War on Christmas December 17, 2004 :: The War on Christmas is global December 15, 2004 :: The Sun: 'Tis the season to be sarky December 14, 2004 :: The Sun: staying on-message December 13, 2004 :: The Sun: taking Christmas on tour December 10, 2004 :: The Sun backs Santa Claus backing The Sun December 9, 2004 :: The Sun: All your Christmas are belong to us That one's just to let you know that I've been paying attention. Here's the really fun one... This is what I suspect to be another Sun journalist viewing this site in early January. This IP address - 143.252.80.110 - can be traced directly to News International: woki1.newsint.co.uk = [ 143.252.80.110 ] Domain Name: newsint.co.uk Registrant: News International Newspapers Limited Trading As: News International Newspaper Limited Registrant's Agent: News International Newspapers Limited [Tag = NEWSINT] URL: http://www.newsint.co.uk Relevant Dates: Last updated: 01-Jun-2004 Name servers listed in order: ns0.newsint.co.uk 143.252.80.3 ns1.newsint.co.uk 143.252.80.205 WHOIS database last updated at 10: 30: 02 12-Jan-2005 The logs seem to have missed when the visit took place, but I'm going to take a wild shot in the dark here and suggest that this visit involved a visit to the front page and the page linked below on Jan 5 or Jan 6: January 5, 2005 :: The Evolution of Crazy Frog - from Deng Deng to Ringtone The reason for this guess is this Jan 7 article from The Sun by Sean Hamilton about... the origins of the Crazy Frog ringtone. To: Sean Hamilton From: Tim Ireland Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: Crazy Frog Dear Sean, I'm so glad you found my research useful for your Jan 7 Crazy Frog article: http://www.bloggerheads.com/archives/2005/01/the_sun_reads_b.asp Perhaps you'd care to chew on this for your next article: http://www.bloggerheads.com/abu_ghraib/ I have it on good authority that a certain tabloid largely ignored the plight of men, women and children suffering in Abu Ghraib and actually gave more coverage to a puppy that was thrown off an overpass (you'll have to scroll to the bottom of this page; sorry to put you to so much bother): http://www.bloggerheads.com/x-archive.asp?viewblog=20040527&date=27/05/04 I think this would make a good story. You might want to mention it to Rebekah Wade. Especially the bit about the children: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/14/193750/666 http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/15/hersh_children_raped.html http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2004/07/15/hersh/ Cheers Tim Ireland www.bloggerheads.com UPDATE 1. Yes, I'm aware that News International IPs may also indicate visits from other minions of Murdoch, such as those from NOTW and The Times. It's just that my belief if coincidences has been strained lately. 2. Sean Hamilton was nice enough to return my email, and clever enough to blame a nameless fact-checking sub for the visit I detected (with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek, of course). Sean is now on record as saying that his first visit to this site was his visit today. So my headline is true; The Sun does read Bloggerheads. See? I'm lurning... ;o) Posted by Manic on January 12, 2005 10:59 AM in the category Rupert 'The Evil One' Murdoch Comments Heh. Thieving bastards. Can't say it surprises me. What are the chances of getting cash out of the buggers? In other news, I seem to have a pet fascist over at my place. He's kind of cute. Posted by: Nosemonkey at January 12, 2005 11:15 AM - He is a charmer, isn't he? http://europhobia.blogspot.com/2005/01/west-yorkshire-bnp-and-conservative.html#comments Your typical anonymous coward at work. Posted by: Manic at January 12, 2005 12:15 PM - Yeah - I hate people who post on the internet anonymously. Erm... Oh... Posted by: Nosemonkey at January 12, 2005 12:23 PM - Don't sweat it, mate. It took me a long time to come out from behind my nickname. Plus, your website makes it clear what your values are and what your agenda is. Posted by: Manic at January 12, 2005 12:31 PM - It's more because I'm worried about getting sacked than anything - in fact it'd be quite handy to be able to post under my real name - I might be able to pick up a bit of work out of it... Meanwhile the blognazi's still going strong. Delightful fellow - from your neck of the woods and all, judging from his IP wotsit... Posted by: Nosemonkey at January 12, 2005 2:40 PM - Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you're new to Bloggerheads, you may need to be approved by the moderator before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) URL: Remember me? YesNo Comments:

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