Category Archives: Old Media
The Times Higher Education correspondence
(Psst! If you are new to this issue, please read this first.) The following is the guts of my correspondence with staff from Times Higher Education after they tried to claim ownership of the name ‘bloggerheads’, the name I created … Continue reading
Ann Mroz: patronising, unpleasant and dishonest
[MINI-UPDATE (03 Jun) – THE object to my use of the word ‘dishonest’ in this headline. I stand by my use of the word, but as a courtesy, I have placed this prominent and immediate link to the relevant correspondence … Continue reading
Page 3 explained at #Lolitics
#Lolitics is a project by Chris Coltrane inviting comedians and campaigner/activists to step out of their comfort zones for a little chat about politics. Stand-ups are invited to engage with more political material, and people like me are invited to … Continue reading
Bedfordshire on Sunday: indiscretion
You may have noticed some minor damage control going on this past week as the Conservatives took some limited measures to bring Nadine Dorries to heel while ignoring the wider problem of the smear campaign she has involved herself in. … Continue reading
Andy Coulson: innocent until proven guilty
[See also: Andy Coulson and Andy Hayman: Friends] Lately, we have been treated to the ‘earnest’ opinion of one Tory cloaca after another reminding us that Andy Coulson is innocent until proven guilty… as if there is no cause for … Continue reading
Andy Coulson and Andy Hayman: Friends
[UPDATE (27 Jan 2010) NEW POST –Andy Coulson: innocent until proven guilty] – To follow this recent post about John Lennon, and in response to the perfectly formed announcement of Andy Coulson’s complete and total innocence, I thought I would … Continue reading
John Lennon: ‘friends’
Please join me as I mark the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s death by observing the tabloid scum of the day feeding off his corpse: The Sun – Thursday, December 11, 1980 Front Page: Red-hot bride-of-the-monster action. Inside: A super … Continue reading
News of the World vs. Big Society: snakes in the grass
Watching Channel 4’s excellent documentary Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking I was struck by the bravery of the victim of sexual assault who spoke out, especially in comparison to the majority of ‘journalists’ who worked under Andy Coulson and/or alongside … Continue reading
Clubhouse rules
Greetings! The post you are reading at this moment is appearing simultaneously on four websites: Bloggerheads (post permalink) – my personal site The Sun: Tabloid Lies (post permalink) – a media watch site targeting The Sun Daily Mail Watch (post … Continue reading
Patrick Mercer: for the love of…
Before early 2009, the Conservative MP Patrick Mercer enjoyed a partnership with Glen Jenvey (aka Richard Tims) and Dominic Wightman (aka Dominic Whiteman, aka Richard Walker) that appeared to make a positive contribution in the struggle against extremism/terrorism, and earned … Continue reading
