Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Politicians are terrified - that's why they're so keen on regulating the web

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Politicians are terrified. Really they are and it explain a great deal about today's politics. And also why those politicians are so ke...
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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

More on why Remain lost (clue - it wasn't the media)

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**** It had seemed that we were getting to grips with the reasons behind the Brexit vote. Once we'd got over the cries of pain and ang...
Monday, 21 December 2015

Corbyn's Labour really does hate the idea of a free press and free speech

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Asked whether a Labour government would break up media monopolies, he said: "Yes. We are developing a media policy which would be a...
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Friday, 11 September 2015

A Yorkshire tale or "We get the media we deserve. And it ain't pretty."

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This morning I went to listen to the Prime Minister. And he had a lot to say - about prison reform, promoting digital government, the cas...
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Saturday, 7 March 2015

Instead of choreographed leaders debates, let's just broadcast lots of local hustings...

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**** More froth and bother has been expended over the matter of TV debates than on any number of things that actually matter in our lives....
Friday, 27 June 2014

On the power of the media...

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**** We are reminded by Alex Massie : Speaking of which, we might, when considering over-mighty media moguls remember that Murdoch is ...
Saturday, 14 September 2013

The politics of trivia and the triumph of gossip

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**** The little frisson of silliness that was a stray tweet from a Newsnight editor about Rachel Reeves reminds us that the trivial is mor...
Sunday, 21 July 2013

Is anyone paying attention....

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**** Over the years I've remarked often that most people, most of the time, simply aren't remotely interested in politics. More to...
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Monday, 27 May 2013

So what shall we ban today then? (A guide for the ambitious nannying fussbucket)

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**** There is almost nothing - nothing I say - that we couldn't find grounds for controlling, directing and, if you don't behave p...
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Saturday, 12 January 2013

What you say is more important than where you say it...

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In this age of instant broadcast, of social media, blogs and Skype we've become obsessed with the place where we say things. "Are...
Wednesday, 18 July 2012

#Greenpeacefail...

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**** If, say, a lobby group for forestry interests did this there would be the most enormous outcry: The event was a hoax, and so was ...
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Sunday, 21 August 2011

The slow death of political parties - perhaps they should try some marketing?

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The BBC finally cottoned on to something that some of us have known for ages – political parties are dying out: Political party membership ...
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Thursday, 4 August 2011

Twitter and recruitment - an interesting observation

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*** From HR.com's Geoff Newman: Many companies - particularly those involved in the media - are putting a premium on candidates with...
Saturday, 11 June 2011

It really is time for us Councillors to stop being so self-important about the reporting of our meetings

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**** Just a reminder to all the Conservatives who seem to think photographs, filming, twitter and other modern media things should be expu...
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Sunday, 24 April 2011

Super-injunctions and the media missing the point

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**** After perhaps six or so weeks of discussion in various corners of the 'blogosphere' - notably regarding the efforts of John H...
Sunday, 23 January 2011

Why Number 10 needs a direct marketing expert as well as a TV guru!

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**** I was struck by Guido Fawkes’ surprisingly thoughtful piece on the current vacancy at Downing Street: Television will help most ...
Monday, 11 October 2010

Go on Andy! Get yourself a blog...you know you want to!

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**** There’s been a slight frothing of the blogosphere in response to some comments made by Andrew Marr . Now, dear reader, since you are of...
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Saturday, 2 October 2010

Whose fault is it?

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**** Well it’s the most important question, isn’t it? All those things happen – from the deepest tragedy to head-in-hands farce – and we are...
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Sunday, 4 July 2010

On-line news - the BBC is the problem not Murdoch

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**** There has been some debate about News International’s decision to put the new content of The Times behind a pay wall – to make us pay f...
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