Category Archives: media
Nobel Prize for fearless journalism …
Click on image to see post and comments Commenting on the post, Farhad Farzaneh cites this from the Yahoo article: The pair, whose work has angered the rulers of Russia and the Philippines, were commended for ‘their courageous fight for freedom … Read More »
The Pandora Papers: controlled dissent?
Image from The Guardian, October 3 Here’s how the Guardian opened its coverage of the Pandora Papers. Whose face is the most instantly recognisable? Whose, and by a hefty margin, the largest? You wouldn’t know it from this pictorial smear but … Read More »
China is bad!
Salisbury – the Third Man!
Molly Blackall’s write up today in The i Paper tells us that: All three of the suspects are believed to be in Russia, which means that a court case against them is unlikely. I guess it does. It also leaves … Read More »
Help!
NB for those who got here via my e-alert to this post, my remarks on the brilliant C4 drama, Help, come after these idiotic outpourings on Britain’s nuclear weapons. * Late yesterday a FB post plugging BBC History Extra began … Read More »
Nuclear subs go down under
I hate to kick off with a long sentence but today I’ll make an exception. Those who still believe – in defiance both of simple logic and decades of (a) smoothing the way for profit-led carnage in the middle east; … Read More »
BBC admits to flawed Syria documentary
BBC said a documentary on alleged chemical weapon attack had inaccuracies The programme dealt with an alleged chemical attack at Douma, Syria, in 2018 It included an account of ‘Alex’, a former inspector with the poison gas watchdog BBC said it … Read More »
Think tanks for warfare
We are ruled by criminals. The evidence for saying so is so overwhelming that burden of proof falls on those who disagree. Or it would, if the people paying attention to what our rulers do – as opposed to what … Read More »
Julian: yesterday’s High Court ruling
(Craig is now himself doing time after a perverse judgment by Scottish judge Lady Dorrian.) Baraitser’s January ruling, denying the US extradition request, was the right outcome for all the wrong reasons. The request was denied not because patently political, … Read More »