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For your reading pleasure…
If you’re in to technology, business and the rest and haven’t discovered Marc Andreessen‘s blog…do yourself a favour. It’s a lot of fun.
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Impartiality – the BBC’s imaginary friend
The BBC report on impartiality is out. Nick Robinson celebrates with a metaphoric-trope-fest from Wembley. Politics – it’s like football. But no free kicks. Or offside rule. Or roasting. Next week from Wimbledon. Politics. It’s like tennis…Then another correspondent tells us that hopelessness and despair push people to extremism. What hope centrism? I despair! But…
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Bush’s misfortune is BBC’s opportunity?
A while back I warned a couple of media chums in the US that the BBC would come gunning for them. They laughed. I hate to sound smug, but they’re starting their push. Still, it’s not all plain sailing. Take the news (my particular interest) – when you’re launching a neutral, impartial news service in…
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Facebook frenzy: revealing your sources
In the media rush to embrace Facebook (I’m no different), one thing strikes me as potentially dangerous for journalists. That’s sources. Facebook networks allow you to track all kinds of friendships, and when it comes to information they could quickly throw up potential sources.By way of example, I was going to blog about something typically…