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CBB media coverage in India…
In case you thought it was just the British media that got kicked for coverage of CBB…here’s an Indian reader from the Patna Daily: The biggest irony with Indian media is its obsession with insignificant issues and its ability to transform such trivial matters into a national debate. At the same time, it is well…
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Climate change
Post the IPCC report I checked in on the blog at Scientific American. There’s an interesting piece on the lack of irony among Rolling Stone readers. In response to a playlist called Al Gore was wrong, some RS posters let rip: Which one of the following theories is without merit?A) Einstein’s Theory of RelativityB) Gore’s…
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The golden age of CBS?
Back in 1968, the unskeptical tone reporters used to bridge the sound bites from a State Department briefing or a Nixon transition team news conference would have seemed like uncontroversial straight reporting. The same technologies applied today would look like stenography, even flackery, for government officialsSome fascinating stuff on CBS News‘ excellent Public Eye site…
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Missed opportunity…
The Evening Standard is currently running a campaign on behalf of commuters. You can sign a petition online … BUT … where is the full-time commuter blog that hassled travellers can post to? The Standard could own commuting, but instead it just lets you post comments to news pieces. Get with the programme, guys…before someone…