Category Archives: Rupert ‘The Evil One’ Murdoch
Ross and Brand: bonfire night starts early this year
First, a word from Five Chinese Crackers: As Septicisle points out, in January 2007, the Mail ran a front page ridiculing the fact that the whole Celebrity Big Brother racism debacle was front page news. The Big Brother thing was … Continue reading
George of the Bungle
George Osborne has been urged to eat his s**t sandwich and shut the hell up. The details are worth a look. UPDATE – New blog alert!
You’ll need coffee before tucking in
Tabloid Lies – The Sun at the fringe: … this year, for the first time ever, the Sun newspaper has been holding fringe events at the Labour and Conservative party conferences… The theme of the events, in case you couldn’t … Continue reading
Omission of detail
Omission of detail #1: Septicisle on a few matters, including some case detail that the Daily Mail would rather not mention. The front page in question can be seen here. Omission of detail #2: Ian_QT fails to note or notice … Continue reading
Ten greetings from beyond the grave
– 1. I stumbled through a few graveyards during my holiday break (a very long story) and happened across this final resting place. If you’re wondering what the solar panel is for, it’s powering the fairy lights. Seriously. – 2. … Continue reading
And a chest to pin it on
Sim-O lands in the deep end on his debut post for The Sun: Tabloid Lies… Psst! Wanna buy some medals? Prepare to feel conflicted as the BNP confronts The Sun over outright hypocrisy.
Five items
1. Supporting Dave Walker: Unity – J Mark Brewer revisited (updated): It seems that while Brewer’s up for bullying Christian cartoonists and members of the clergy, when it comes to taking on a big bad atheist blogger with a penchant … Continue reading
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
Sun-watch v1.0
The Sun – Tabloid Lies is a new collaborative blog that starts here. Regulars may appreciate that this first incarnation of an ongoing Sun-watch project has been built on the ashes of Rebekah Wade. Don’t worry if I haven’t already … Continue reading
Murdoch backs off on Davis fight
Guardian – Kelvin MacKenzie unlikely to stand in byelection : The Sun has not referred to the mooted campaign by its columnist once in print since MacKenzie and Murdoch, the paper’s proprietor, discussed it at a party on Thursday evening … Continue reading