A selection of my latest bookmarks. Chris Colvin: He didn't cause all its woes, but Peston started run on Northern Rock – Economist claims reporter doing his job caused the run on Northern Rock. A tempting argument but ultimately a load of bollocks based on no more than five seconds' rational thought. Joel and Ethan [...]
Words Dept.: archive
You are at the archive for the February, 2009
Bookmarks from 24 February to 25 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Guardian: Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds: the worst film ever made? – Looks kind of frightening. Datadial: Ryanair, online PR, reputation problem – Why do Ryanair have to be such a bunch of pricks? A “spiky” brand identity is one thing but this is just stupid. Guardian: Facebook et al risk [...]
Bookmarks from 20 February to 23 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. s.Darko trailer – Donnie Darko sequel looks extremely dodgy. Rumours that it'll go straight to DVD. The Guardian: Will newspapers charge for online content? Observer: Your starter for 10: is Gail Trimble the cleverest contestant ever? Joan Smith: Broken Britain is a media invention – Sensible commentary, a bit [...]
Bookmarks for 19 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Creature Features – The site that likes to ask: What if Virginia Woolf was a wolf? And then shows you. BBC News: Runaway horse in French capital – Something weirdly beautiful about this video. More Adam Tinworth: NUJ: “effing blogs” – Analytics jiggery-pokery reveals NUJ anti-blog prejudice
Introducing AdTurds
I suppose it’s about time I confessed to the fact that I am contributing to a new blog. It’s called AdTurds and, as the name suggests, is simply about television adverts that me and (regular Words Dept. commenter) Robin think are shit. Web geeks will notice the hilarious AdWords pun, on top of the fact [...]
Bookmarks for 18 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Adam Tinworth: NUJ Still Not "Getting" Social Media Roy Greenslade: Why we don't need subeditors – Guardian blogger/columnist: "No need for so many eyeballs" Press Gaztte: Missing word causes red faces at The Guardian – Subs making a point, perhaps?
Bookmarks for 16 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Withnail & I farmhouse sold for £265,000 – Telegraph Charlie Brooker's crisp reviews – "It's like a lame TV movie about onion bhajis, starring Adam Woodyatt, with a soundtrack consisting entirely of library music, broadcast directly on to your tastebuds." Adrian Monck: Alfie Patten: the PCC and payment to parents [...]
Alfie Patten and the moral decay of the tabloid media
The first thing I thought when I heard about Alfie Patten, the “baby-faced” 13-year-old who has supposedly fathered a child, was: Where’s the evidence that he’s really the dad? Surely it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that someone might be seeking to make a financial gain by pretending the boy is the father and [...]
Bookmarks for 12 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. More Noel Edmonds fun (video) George Monbiot: Just what exactly do you stand for, Hazel Blears – except election? – A spectacular and well-aimed rant MEN: Council’s Facebook ‘no mates’ – Stockport council has only six Facebook friends.
Bookmarks from 10 February to 11 February
A selection of my latest bookmarks. Journalism.co.uk: BBC Trustees’ expenses revealed online – Loving the phrase "opinion formers" Why Robbie Keane is like a Virgin Train – Actually, Keane is probably cheaper than the train fare. Slight technical hitch (video) Messed up advert spotted by Robert Popper
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