I do love a nice bit of Daily Mail outrage. And this one is too good to miss. They’ve got all over-excited about Monday’s episode of Spooks which featured a group of christian extremists who were killing muslims. Given the number of episodes where MI5 have been foiling Muslim plots, this one seemed to be… Continue reading Daily Mail Outrage
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MySun Goes Live
“MySun“, the first concrete result from News Corporation’s purchase of MySpace earlier this year seems to have been launched with very little fanfare. So if you want start a blog with thesun.co.uk in the URL, now you know where to go. Personally, I’m very afraid.
Off With Her Head
Oh this has made my day. The Post Office have announced a new scheme whereby people will be able to pay for postage online and print out postage labels to stick onto letters and parcels. Just like the franked mail that companies have been sending out for years or the stickers that get printed for… Continue reading Off With Her Head
Reading Richard Littlejohn
I should really know better than to read Richard Littlejohn’s rants, but they were discussing this piece over on Daily Mail Watch so I was drawn in and now my blood is boiling. In this article, Littlejohn’s subject is the general ghastliness of Britain and how it’s driving many of its finest citizens (i.e. Daily… Continue reading Reading Richard Littlejohn
Searching Online Newpapers
Over the last couple of weeks, Martin Belam has been reviewing the search functionality on UK newpaper web sites. He has now published his conclusions. The article also links to detailed individual entries on each paper surveyed. Some of his findings are quite surprising. Papers who aren’t seen as particularly web-savvy did well in some… Continue reading Searching Online Newpapers
The Human Rights Act
The Sun‘s latest campaign is to get the Human Rights Act revoked. As usual with their important campaigns like this they had a phone-in poll last week. As usual the vast majority of Sun readers (well the ones who could be bothered to tear themselves away from page 3 and pick up the phone) agreed… Continue reading The Human Rights Act
Express on the Budget
This pretty much sums up the difference in opinions between sane people and the people who read papers like the Express and the Mail. Express readers would rather have more money in their pocket than having it wasted on things like education and healthcare. Oh, and by the way. Where can you buy nuclear weapons… Continue reading Express on the Budget
MySun
Rupert Murdoch bought MySpace last year as part of his drive to make more effective use of the internet. According to the Guardian, the first results of this purchase will be the use of MySpace technology on the Sun‘s web site to create a “MySun” network. The plan, in its early stages, would allow readers… Continue reading MySun
Report Rebekah Wade to the PCC
Tim Ireland reckons it’s about time that Rebekah Wade was taken to task over the lies that The Sun has been telling on its front page over the last few days. I agree with him. If you do to, then why not sign his pledge. And tell all of your friends.
The Sun Tells Lies
And while we’re talking about The Sun, take a look at this picture. It’s the front page of The Sun from Tuesday of this week. The man in the picture is John Tulloch. He was one of the survivors of the 7th July London bombings. The front page is obviously composed in order to make… Continue reading The Sun Tells Lies