Category Archives: Media

Three Cheers for Hsiao-Hung Pai

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Matt

Journalism should be an honourable, inspiring and admirable profession, but few people will need to be reminded that it frequently isn’t. Ever since newspapers were invented, it has generated more than its fair share of cynics, propagandists, and opportunists. Journalism … Continue reading →

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Brendan O’Neill: scourge of the strawmen

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Matt

When it comes to cynicism and sheer vacuity, there are few British journalists who can compete with the Daily Telegraph‘s resident ‘contrarian’ Brendan O’ Neill. A veteran of the RCP Living Marxism rag,  Spiked and the Institute of Ideas, O’Neill … Continue reading →

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The Daily Mail: every tragedy is an opportunity

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Matt

Proving once again that its natural habitat is the sewer, and determined to bring its readers down there with it, the Daily Mail has decided to use the Derby fire tragedy as an iconic ‘what’s wrong with Britain’ story. There … Continue reading →

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Eddy Mair takes Boris Johnson to the cleaners

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Matt

Watching Eddy Mair’s brilliant unravelling of Boris Johnson is a hugely enjoyable experience, for those of us who believe that beneath his cheeky chappie veneer, lurks a hollow Tory flim flam man on the make.    In a few deft … Continue reading →

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