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Question Time's Extra Guest: Give 'em an inch...?
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BBC Question Time this week introduced its @BBCextraguest Twitter feed. The idea is straightforward enough - each week a guest tweeter will comment alongside the broadcast of the show. First up was The Spectator's Toby Young, who found the temptation... Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2012 at The Media Blog
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The Mail's 'grotesque' double standards on privacy
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Today's Daily Mail has gone big on quotes from the royal family, in order to put the boot in to French gossip mag Closer. It brands the publishing of topless picture of Kate Middleton "GROTESQUE!" and carries a plea not... Continue reading
Posted Sep 15, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Diana: Has The Express finally moved on?
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On this day, 15 years ago, many of us were waking up to the news that Princess Diana was dead. Some people, it's been well-documented, took a little while to get over it. But nobody mourned Diana in the way... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Rupert Murdoch's strange 'break' for Harry
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On Friday Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper published naked pictures of Prince Harry. According to the Independent on Sunday, the order to do so came directly from Murdoch himself. Murdoch meanwhile has been tweeting... Continue reading
Posted Aug 26, 2012 at The Media Blog
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An excellent Times reader letter
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John Scrivens, we salute you... (Hat tip JonHill). Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Team GB success confuses Express
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The Express today has decided to celebrate Team GB's continuing gold rush with a front page showing gold medallists Chris Hoy, Alistair Brownlee, Laura Trott and... er... the Dutch equestrian team (complete with bronze medals): And here it is close... Continue reading
Posted Aug 7, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Guardian takes opening ceremony honours
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Despite another strong effort from The Times and a very fine front page indeed from the Independent, the Guardian takes the honours for best opening ceremony front page: Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Telegraph just can't help the Olympic spoilers
The Telegraph asked us a question yesterday: "Do you want to know a secret? It is a question that expects the answer Yes. But for once we’d rather not, because on Monday evening thousands of people witnessed a technical dress... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2012 at The Media Blog
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This has nothing to do with the London Olympics...
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One enterprising website called ThatBigEventInLondon.co.uk seems to think it has found a way around the strict commercial guidelines of an unnamed Big Event in London and is offering a range of 'reality check souvenir bags'... If you buy all three... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Learn to speak LOCOG: When is a cut not a cut?
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"I've cut your arm off!" "No you haven't! You've merely tightened up my shoulder!" When is a cut not a cut? Here's an explanation from LOCOG's director of communications today after it was suggested the opening ceremony of the London... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Telegraph typo: Full marks for irony
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Only last week this blog highlighted The Telegraph's typo problem but this one, in the standfirst, really is a classic of the genre given the subject matter: Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2012 at The Media Blog
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BBC breaks latest England team shock
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Roy Hodgson's time in the England hotseat has already seen him effectively force one big star into international retirement. Now according to the BBC website, England midfielder Scott Parker has been warned he may not be playing when he's 121... Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2012 at The Media Blog
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A real dead ringer for 'Loaf...
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It seems nobody on the Evening Standard spotted their picture of Meatloaf in tonight's paper is actually Barry from Eastenders, performing on a celebrity edition of Stars In Their Eyes: This isn't the first time in recent weeks Meatloaf has... Continue reading
Posted Apr 3, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Shocking surprise not that surprising, shocker
Back in September 2011 the tabloids told us... Nick Berry to return to EastEnders (The Sun, 12 September 2011) Nick Berry will return to EastEnders (The Daily Mail, 12 September 2011) Nick Berry returning to EastEnders (The Metro, 12 September... Continue reading
Posted Jan 14, 2012 at The Media Blog
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Star makes a hash of X Factor hatchet job
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The Daily Star Sunday is possibly trying a little too hard to dish some timely dirt on the family of 20-year-old X Factor semi-finalist Jesy Nelson from girl group Little Mix. It's had to go back to an incident which... Continue reading
Posted Dec 4, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Liz Jones: The great sperm robbery
The ill-wind of blustering mindfarts that cloud the writing of Liz Jones, village-idiot-in-chief among the Daily Mail's stunningly competitive stable of columnists vying for that title, has taken a bizarre twist today with a tale of her desire to get... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Daily Mail exploits family tragedy to smear BBC
The Daily Mail has raised the stakes in its increasingly desperate attempts to smear the BBC, this time exploiting the death of a 57-year-old family man. The Mail's headline states: Husband 'kills himself' just hours after BBC claimed wife's shop... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Internet trolls: "Offensive" but good for a follow-up
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The Daily Mail brings us news today of reality TV star Chantelle Houghton hitting back at cruel jibes about her weight: The Mail's article tells us: ...the star, who has previously suffered from bulimia, has taken to Twitter to address... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Compare and contrast
Here's an extract from a news release on the website of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: A thousand years ago, a brilliant beacon of light blazed in the sky, shining brightly enough to be seen even in daytime for almost... Continue reading
Posted Oct 7, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Daily Mail issues sex warning to 'bossy women'
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An article which has appeared in the Journal of Sex Research has attracted some media coverage today. Entitled Women's Autonomy and Timing of Most Recent Sexual Intercourse in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-Country Analysis it details research conducted in Ghana, Mali,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 23, 2011 at The Media Blog
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The official snackfood of 'The Social Network 2'?
They may have lost out to multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in the battle over Facebook, but at least the Winkelvoss Twins have landed a gig advertising nuts... who's laughing now Zuckerberg!?! (Hat tip The Guardian). Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Repeat after us "I welcome Google's commitment to defending Android..."
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Following news today that Google had splashed $12.5bn to buy handset manufacturer Motorola Mobility the search giant issued four quotes for the media on behalf of its other handset partners, HTC, LG, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. They couldn't have been... Continue reading
Posted Aug 15, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Paul Daniels gets a pizza the silly season action
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A number of papers, including The Sun and The Telegraph, have picked up the curious tale of magician Paul Daniels being "hospitalised" by a piece of pizza thrown at him by puppet and aspiring magician Sooty. Daniels himself has been... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Psst! Mr journalist... you wanna see some pretty girls?
On 18th August you can be sure the media will be full of wall-to-wall pictures of pretty 18-year-old girls collecting their A-level results. But if you thought these shots owed anything to chance, or more likely journalists doing the legwork... Continue reading
Posted Aug 2, 2011 at The Media Blog
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Phone hacker blames "relentless pressure" from News Of The World
Glenn Mulcaire, the convicted private investigator at the centre of the News Of The World's phone-hacking scandal, has "broken his silence" following allegations that murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler and the family of murdered Soham pair Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman... Continue reading
Posted Jul 5, 2011 at The Media Blog
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