Media: no longer making the weather
April 20, 2024 3:13 am Post a CommentAs an indication of how the social media have taken over much of the role of front-line social commentary, one... View Article
As an indication of how the social media have taken over much of the role of front-line social commentary, one... View Article
After a weary day, on and off watching the coverage of the latest pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London, it occurred to... View Article
In ways not fully appreciated yet, and certainly not completely understood, the last few weeks have seen a revolution in... View Article
One of the disturbing characteristics of modern society and the way it is developing is that there seem to be... View Article
Following on from yesterday’s post, I have been exploring the legality of debt collectors using body-worn video cameras in private... View Article
“How many killings do there need to be by people with psychiatric disorders to make our politicians realise that the... View Article
I am extremely reluctant to venture into the Nottingham attacks verdict, and the controversy surrounding it. But since I addressed... View Article
I suppose we must be thankful for small mercies. The Telegraph’s Sherelle Jacobs seems to have noticed that life out... View Article
It was a story posted on Christmas Day for the Telegraph and I was tempted to review it yesterday –... View Article
One possible advantage of the focus on immigration, alongside the Israeli-Hamas conflict – is that Mr António Guterres’s “global boiling”... View Article
Instead of burning down the local libraries, some disenchanted yet public-spirted citizens in the outer London boroughs continue to relieve... View Article
The trouble with diving in to an issue as profound as the French riots is that, to do it justice... View Article
On reflection, I think one of the problems with the French police (and by no means the only one) is... View Article
Like the great, bloated corporate parasite that it is, the BBC spent the best part of the day yesterday feeding... View Article
Very early on, in yesterday’s reporting of the Nottingham murders, we began to see reports on a number of live... View Article
It is remarkable how quickly the record immigration figures, as an issue, have disappeared from the media, with the exception... View Article