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Virgin Media Democracy
Once upon a time lefty academics used to write unreadable tomes about the problem of concentration of media power (Robert McChesney anyone?). Forget William Randolph Hearst and Max Beaverbrook. They were concerned. Now, at last they have allies in the world of corporate PR. Here’s Sir Richard Branson‘s larynx, Will Whitehorn (pictured left, smiling –…
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Litvinenko – a tale of two blogs
If you want a cynical take on Alexander Litvinenko‘s death read copydude, who pulls in this month’s Anglo-Russian extradition agreement to finger Boris Berezovsky. Extradition is a funny old business though…just ask General Pinochet. Meanwhile Lib Dem MP Lynne Featherstone manages to wrap the Litvinenko story up with phone masts! Nice touch Lynne.
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TV news critics
The Daily Mail has yet to replace its TV critic, and looks likely to leave the slot empty according to Peter Preston. Take a look at two recent pieces of critical work on TV news and go figure… Cotswold Life pin-up Adrian Gill – on the right (yes, literally and figuratively) – reviews Al Jazeera…
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Sunday guest booking
Stoke Newington GP, Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, was on 5 Live this morning responding to the Government’s plan to survey 5 million patients. [BBC] Now I know it’s hard to get guests at 8am on a Sunday morning, especially about something quite so exciting. But booking someone like Fitzpatrick, and then introducing him as just another…