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Interesting to see the Sunday Express has focused specifically on “adult films” in its story today about Jacqui Smith’s abuse of her expense account. Amid a wealth of details about what the Home Secretary has spent public money on, late-night pay-per-view porn has presumably been flagged up for the headline on the basis that it [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more of this sort of thing. The Apprentice Analysed – Occupational psycholgist offers insight about candidates on the Apprentice eaves.ca: Newspapers’ decline is a sign of democracy, not a symptom of its death MediaGuardian: MEN Media to use ‘skills matrix’ to decide who [...]

Hopefully nobody noticed that until this morning I had a new post about the media’s coverage of Alfie Patten on this site. I really should have been aware that the reporting of new details of this case is forbidden thanks to a court ruling, something that was helpfully pointed out through the comments section. In my defence, the [...]

I’ve adopted a new theme for the site, which I think looks a bit more modern and clean than the old one. If experience is anything to go by, you probably won’t like it. It should work OK in Firefox and Safari, as well as the much hated Internet Explorer. If you notice any glitches, [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more of this sort of thing. Cycling Weekly: Cavendish describes historic Milan-San Remo win – Isle of Man cyclist Mark Cavendish won the Milan-San Remo on Saturday. Not that you'd know it by reading Sunday's sports pages. Doner kebab flavour Pot Noodle – [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. You could visit my Tumblelog for more of this sort of thing. Twazmuppet BBC News: Councils get banned jargon list – Nice use of the phrase “predictors of beaconicity” Guardian: How Peter Cook and Dudley Moore fell foul of the law yet still escaped prosecution – National Archives reveal [...]

Why is it that it takes a Daily Express journalist to go on the attack against survivors of Dunblane for everyone to suddenly realise what a complete piece-of-shit newspaper it is? And why is a bandwagon of outrage only gathering pace some ten days after the story was published? Since the start of this week my [...]

There’s a remarkable feature in today’s Observer. It’s a series of testimonials about the impact of Hillsborough, twenty years after the disaster. To spend time absorbing these unglossy, first-person statements from six people whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the events of 15 April 1989 is a desperately upsetting experience. Over the years there have been a number of public rent-a-gobs (the late Brian [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. Sky Fanzone video from the Man U v Liverpool game – "Where's me Rafa goatee?" PR and the Social Web: Labour Draper is at it Again – Labour Party web drone Derek Draper responds angrily (and slightly childishly) over allegations of Twitter spamming. Guardian: Four-goal Liverpool crush United to [...]

A selection of my latest bookmarks. BBC News (Video): Local newspapers in decline – Report by Nick Higham about what happens when local papers close. How to get a football legend to insult a singer – Extremely funny post from the "occasional drummer for Dakota Suite". Well worth reading, especially if you're a Liverpool fan. [...]