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The decline of political reporting
If you’re one of those people, like the former prime minister (how strange it is to write that) who worries about the future of political reporting and the quality of debate in the House of Commons – fear not. You’re in good company. If you want to see who shares your opinions, read on. If…
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The politics of Al Jazeera…
Wadah Khanfar‘s apparent ousting from the board of Al Jazeera came after intervention by Mahmud Abbas and an Arab intelligence service. At least that’s the story that ran earlier this month in Jordanian magazine Al-Majd.The Jordanian weekly’s sources have this to say: …the removal of Khanfar from the Al-Jazeera board of directors was the first…
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Blog-vertorial
In case you’ve been dozing, the blogosphere is filling up with the reactions to Valleywag‘s revelation that notable tech bloggers have been dropping Microsoft slogans into their copy. My reaction to the scandal? Well, I’m lovin’ it. Next time, however, the bloggers concerned should think different. Just for the record, you won’t be seeing undercover…
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My undercover SAS Glastonbury story
Many years ago, I was tasked with doing an undercover story on – wait for it, yawn – drug-taking at Glastonbury. Class A, of course. Anyway in the days of no mobile phone cover it meant yomping over acres, co-ordination via walkie-talkie. Much hassle. We were liaising with the local constabulary too, but our secret…