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Policy Exchange vs. Newsnight
Do you remember when leftist extremism was going to bring Britain to its knees? Soviet money funnelled in to support pro-Russian groups. Revolutionary Communists fought Socialist Workers. Trotskyists vied with Euro-Communists. Trades Unions were being over run by capitalist-haters who wanted to invite the Red Army to park its T-72s in Parliament Square. Now Islamism…
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Great moments in broadcasting: Led Zeppelin on BBC News in 1970
Led Zeppelin’s first ever appearance on BBC local news for London, from 1970. TV gold – Robert Plant, John Bonham and…BBC newsman Bob Wellings. Note: This post is part of a new ‘blog carnival’ idea a bunch of us are trying out. You can read more about the celebration of journalism blogs and check out…
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Is quitting Reuters hurting CNN?
On the one hand, they’re putting money into aggressive expansion of the newsgathering base (good strategic move), on the other – people are starting to notice their exposure. Take this from Follow The Media: It was 1100 CET (0500EST) and having heard on the radio of bombings in Algiers FTM switched on CNN International to…
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Arms or education in the Middle East?
I am a big fan of Mahmood Al-Yousif. If you want a view from the Gulf that challenges prejudice and gives you an indication of what exactly it feels like to be an Arab across a narrow strip of water from Iran, he is hard to beat. In this post he has just been to…