Monthly Archives: July 2008
Our second editor on deck
For regulars: Septicisle’s first post for The Sun: Tabloid Lies. For our growing line-up of contributors: Septicisle’s intro post. Please read it, and start thinking about your own. I’ll be catching up with more of you tomorrow and on Monday. … Continue reading
Duncan Sandes and the diddled Western Morning News poll
Independent – Pandora: Tory press office in a spin over poll fix: To coincide with Cameron’s holiday in Padstow, the Western Morning News ran an online poll this week to find out whether locals thought Cameron would make a good … Continue reading
Man plugs news of leaks… film at eleven
Justin is now blogging about Nuclear Power for Greenpeace. You might want to take a wee step back and seek some cover. (Over the horizon and into a lead-lined fridge should do it.)
A question regarding identity and equity
Can anyone think of circumstances where it would be fair for a publisher/contributor to issue any comment likely to effect someone’s reputation without staking their own* reputation on it? Also, should anyone expect to be taken seriously as a publisher … Continue reading
Iain Dale’s idea of self regulation
“I’d be interested in your views on this. In my view, self regulation works perfectly well. I someone makes a complaint to me about an abusive comment – or something I have writen which they believe is incorrect or offensive … Continue reading
Red hot knitwear catalogue action
Another pleasant surprise for your eyes, courtesy of one of London’s leading tart carders. I didn’t have a camera on me when I spotted this one, and so had to pocket it for later reference. My apologies if the fold … Continue reading
David Cameron is a moron
Evening Standard – Moment David Cameron became a victim of crime: He had chained up his bike in Portobello Road, less than a mile from his home, as he went into a supermarket to buy salad for dinner. However, when … Continue reading
I support Dave Walker
As Matt Warman notes under comments over at D-Notice, this issue highlighted in detail yesterday by Unity is in need of a ‘quick guide’, so I’m using his interim version here as an introduction… In a nutshell, a long running … Continue reading
SOCPA stumbles off the books
SOCPA isn’t officially dead (yet), but – according to rikki, at least – it is effectively dead: Indymedia – SOCPA Is Dead And Buried: towards the end of the proceedings, the judge closed the case without allowing barbara to sum … Continue reading
Hypersensitive links
The first incarnation of the Sun-Watch project is coming along nicely and will rumble into action shortly. Right now, I’m quietly going from invite to invite and making sure that each of our editors is happy in their work. While … Continue reading
