Rebel Without A Tie

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    Paul Mason continues the class war…..   Paul Mason ?@paulmasonnews Leveson day semiology: men in ties w plummy voices defending “freedom of press”; victims and relatives rarely given same status of voice   Really? Thought that was what Leveson was all about.…and hardly off BBC. When do the people get a say on immigration or Europe or Islam on the BBC?

Carbon Footprints and Dr Joe Smith’s Fingerprints

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‘The media are indispensable to any attempt to answer a key challenge, that is, what might it mean for people to hear about and discuss climate in such a way that they decide to behave “dutifully”? ‘   ‘The process of designing a mass media programme or campaign begins with a ‘messaging workshop’, where the results of formative research are analysed to produce a ‘messaging brief’. The brief describes which … Continue reading →

The Cavalry Ain’t Coming

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      The BBC has produced a modernised version of anti-Semitism…you don’t have to be Jewish and rich…just be rich….. and they’ll come for you. The Cavalry Ain’t Coming. That’s right…the Cavalry ain’t coming despite what the BBC tells  you. The BBC’s most fervent efforts go into building the mythology  of  the Socialist Cavalry riding to the rescue of the poor and downtrodden on the BBC’s favourite hobby horse…massive … Continue reading →

For Clarity’s Sake

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      Em…why hasn’t the BBC apologised to Israeli Government…after all the BBC is quick enough to condemn them when they feel the need? For the sake of clarity we expect that the BBC gets the reporting right….and the photographs, images and words used do not misrepresent the situation in Gaza or Israel. We don’t expect ‘lies’ from the BBC.  But we get them.  Not all misrepresentations can be … Continue reading →

By Their Tweets Shall Ye Know Them: The Tweets

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Following on my post explaining the situation, here are the tweets. Some will be screenshots or some other form of publishing because the actual tweets have been deleted after the BBC staff member responsible was caught. With one exception, there are no retweets here, as that’s a separate debate. A comprehensive research project if far beyond my means, but just scanning through so many of them tells me that for … Continue reading →

The Simpson-Bowles (C)Omission

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Jonny Dymond has a piece out pretending to analyze the recent joint-statement from Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. They’re understandably “gloomy” about Congress’s chances of making any kind of useful deal to avoid the US heading over the fiscal cliff after the ill-begotten debt agreement from last year expires. I say Dymond is pretending to analyze it because what he’s really doing is laying out a few White House talking … Continue reading →

Leveson, BBC and All That

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  Leveson avoided the task of examining the culture, practices and ethics of the BBC as it was outside his remit….If Cameron had any sense he would have changed that remit….and should now set up another ‘Leveson’ to look at the publicly funded BBC in particular. ‘This Inquiry  has covered the “culture, practices and ethics of the press” which obviously includes newspapers whether printed or online: it does not include … Continue reading →