Monthly Archives: March 2010

A Damning Report

March 30, 2010 – 9:15 pm

I was reading a blog post by Mark Easton – the BBC’s home editor – on crime statistics being pushed in different directions by different political parties in the run up to the election. In the post he just happened to mention that crime statistics being pushed by the Conservatives had inspired the Daily Mail [...]

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Gary: Littlejohn with Crayons

March 29, 2010 – 9:18 pm

Tabloidwatch has already pointed out that Richard Littlejohn’s drivel on town hall ‘Nazis’ is about as reliable and factually accurate as normal, but I felt that some comment must be made on ‘Gary’s’ accompanying picture. Not for the first time it seems in pretty bad taste. If you haven’t seen it, here it is, (I [...]

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Really Bad Journalism

March 25, 2010 – 9:29 pm

Newspapers copy other newspapers, running the same stories in a frantic attempt of appearing on the ball, irrespective of the fact that this process involves no journalism at all. What is worse is that journalists copying these stories don’t even take the time to perform even the most basic fact checks, not even a quick [...]

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More churnalistic Beeb-bashing

March 23, 2010 – 10:24 pm

Full disclosure – I work for the BBC, but not in an area responsible for commissioning or producing programming. I’m also obviously speaking for myself and my words do not represent the opinions of the BBC. “BBC in fresh ageism row as just one in five presenters is over 50” roars the Mail. And a [...]

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The Safest Roads in Europe…

March 23, 2010 – 10:13 pm

Richard Littlejohn has immense trouble with basic facts, yet conversely tries to claims that he is just ‘telling us like it is’; famously declaring once: ‘I merely report the facts’. Except he doesn’t, he just makes up whatever happens to suit his agenda. Today’s column was no different with Littlejohn arguing that the drink drive [...]

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