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‘Reconstructions’ and illustrations
Tonight, the lead item on the BBC 10 was the story of a young girl who was tormented by her parents. It began with a ‘reconstruction.’ From the ‘reconstruction’ you might have thought the child lived in a privileged, well-decorated home. Is that right? My hunch is that it would be quite, quite wrong. On…
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Cake monkey
The Guardian‘s Media Monkey was equally unimpressed with Jon Manel‘s cake activity: With the judging process about to begin for this year’s Sony awards, Monkey’s attention turns to Today reporter Jon Manel’s effort last week, in which he illustrated a piece about the NHS budgetary “cake” … with a cake. In Manel’s defence, he has…
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Rogue Mail
“It’s a cultural landmark, but as readers drift away, is there room for more than one celebrity on Paul’s Daily Mail?”There’s much for the professional journalist to admire in the Daily Mail, and much for the professional human being to despise. Michael Leapman‘s snide piece on page 15, laying into Kirsty Young falls squarely into…
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Jeremy Bowen
Stephen Pollard’s attack on Jeremy Bowen has gained some new supporters, according to the Jerusalem Post. Andrew Balcombe, chairman of the Zionist Federation of Britain and Ireland, has written to the chair of the BBC Trust, Dr Chitra Bharucha, following a leaked e-mail Bowen sent last month that questions Bowen’s impartiality as he appears to…