There has been a great deal of suspicion in the blogosphere regarding the political integrity of Total Politics, the new venture run by several former 18 Doughty Street operatives, and Politics Home, the hideous spawn of Stephan Shakespeare (the original financial progenitor of 18DS - yes, it’s all a bit incestuous). Both titles have […]
Is anyone actually surprised that at least one Lonely Planet guide hasn’t actually visited the places he’s written about? Have you ever followed a Lonely Planet guide? I picked up one for Russia, and found it completely unhelpful, as most of the tips on culture turned out to be well-worn clichés and had little in […]
I had a quick look at much-hyped Politics Home site, the brainchild of Stephan Shakespeare and Tim Montgomerie.
You’ll remember Shakespeare and Montgomerie from failed internet TV channel 18DoughtyStreet.
The “concept” of the site, apparently, is to become the ‘Bloomberg for Politics’. And I suppose the two sites do look similar (indeed one could argue that […]
And so the grand opening of Heathrow’s much-lauded Terminal 5 has been a disaster.
Is anyone surprised?
Irish-born Willie “the buck stops with me” Walsh, has long strutted the media as one of Britain’s Champions of Industry. And yet we saw yesterday that no matter how much we crow, our businesses are simply not terribly well run.
I […]
Rational Geekery: The Guardian gets seriously online
The Guardian, understanding the limitations of dead-tree media, is diversifying beyond even its successful online news and comment portal model. The Guardian sees itself as a “platform” that will work alongside start-ups, offering support and sharing its resources. It’s unclear whether the new business will provide funding for projects […]
Have a play.
I would have been interested to see how some of the other non-English language dailies cover the globe.
More L’Observatoire des médias .
via. Jamie K
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A couple of vids courtesy of Lets Get Tight, where interviewees really stick it to Fox News. Cheers, guys.
No 1
Within a week after Montel expressed his opinion on the “fair and balanced” network, his show was dropped from several Fox owned stations.
No. 2
Comicby luvnews
BTW. Catch the “hard news” that follows the embarrassed […]
She did it.
While the win in Texas is nowhere near as decisive enough to really shake up Obama’s lead, the fact that Clinton won both of the big contests last night means that the haemorrhaging of super delegates over to Obama can be stemmed, and therefore her chance off overturning his lead in the popular […]
Wikipedia Is A Jokeby 1938media
BTW. He ripped the shit out of Robert Scoble’s new show yesterday.
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Unity, over at LC has kicked over a hornet’s nest with a piece - inspired by a Donal Blarney (hiss, spit) post, addressing intolerance towards the BBC’s various ethnic-targeted content.
Google Alerts must have gone crazy, as by 6am the usual trolls had surfaced.
Now, as long-time readers will be aware, I curry no favour for […]
I have just completed today’s blog review, and it’s up at LC.
Also…
Justin has an important post over at Chicken Yoghurt, re. an Iraq anniversary “blogswarm” (related blog here), as “there needs to be a loud volume of voices countering the pro-war propaganda from far too many politicians and corporate media outlets.”
I plan to participate with […]
One of the most heartening aspects of John McCain and Mike Huckabee’s success in the Republican primaries, has been the delightful erosion of influence enjoyed by the rabid rightwing hackery. Rush Limbaugh, when he isn’t whacked out on painkillers, can be found raging against both candidates. Likewise, blowhard writer and Fox News talking-head Ann Coulter, […]
On Monday neocon hack Bill Kristol wrote in the NYT about how Republicans must get behind John McCain in a general election: -
But I’d say this to them: When the primaries are over, if McCain has won the day, don’t sulk and don’t sit it out. Don’t pretend there’s no difference between a candidate […]
The second video (NSFW) from Lee Griffin and now Gavin Whenman (also one-half of the very good Realpolitik podcast team): -
Original text here.
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