Category: News
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Chinese Earthquake and the Media
Last night I was flicking around the outer reaches of Sky, and came upon CCTV just as the top of the hour was approaching. So I decided to see how the awful Chinese earthquake was being reported in south western China on the English language version of the Chinese state TV service. Well of course…
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When Urban Myths Are Reported As News
I was disappointed recently, when watching the Ewan McGregor/Charlie Boorman series Long Way Down, that they reinforced the nonsense about water going down the plug clockwise or anti-clockwise depending on whether you’re in the northern or southern hemisphere. Along the border, there’s a few quid to be made perpetuating this party trick to unwitting tourists.…
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BBC iPlayer Now Streaming
The Beeb has updated the iPlayer to incorporate Flash streaming versions of programmes as well as the Windows XP only downloads previously available. This makes programme watching available to Mac and Linux users which is good news. It also means that I can link to a programme like last nights Can Gerry Robinson Fix The…
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The Cotton Fields of Uzbekistan
There was a great film on Newsnight last night highlighting the child labour abuse in Uzbekistan where during the autumn the schools all close and children are sent off to pick the cotton. They don’t have any choice in the matter, and they sleep away from their homes. This cotton is then sold by the…
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Disappearing Children
Over the weekend, during the start of the Premier League we saw pitchside advertising, and yellow bracelets in rememberance of Madeleine McCann. News coverage was also ongoing, marking 100 days of her disappearance. Now I won’t talk about her particular case any more because I have no real knowledge of it. But it does seem…
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Alan Johnston Released
Such wonderful news.
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Alan Johnston – 100 Days
Alan Johnston has now been held in captivity for 100 days.
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IoS
I didn’t pick up a copy, but it seems that The Independent on Sunday’s readers aren’t overjoyed at the changes that were made over the weekend…
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Alan Johnston Video Released
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6710863.stm
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Mobile News
I’m on the move, and I want to catch a news bulletin. What should I do? From today, if I want to, I can subscribe to ITN’s Newsfix on my mobile phone for £2 a week. Or maybe I’d prefer to watch the BBC’s free stream of News 24. What would you do? (OK –…
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Alan Johnston
Happy 45th Birthday Alan Johnston, wherever you’re being held.
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A Couple of Great Articles This Morning
I’m still struggling with my free Chinese Phrasebook that came with this morning’s Times (if you bought it in a WH Smith), but in the meantime here are two excellent pieces from today’s Guardian. First up is a G2 cover story on the Gillian McKeith. Now I’ve never seen an episode of You Are What…
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Socially Networked Alleged Criminals
In a 21st century socially networked world, what’s the first thing that any budding journalist should do when they hear about someone being arrested for a crime? Yes – it’s check out whether they have a Myspace page. And I guess you could go on to find out whether they’ve got any photos on Flickr…