So, the Premiership stars accused of rape. I’m getting quite a few emails and hits from people looking for names – but there’s nothing much here, I’m afraid. The Guardian has the lowdown and Australia’s Melbourne Herald Sun’s article is VERY handy, but all minus names. Who are they, you ask? That would be telling…
You’ll remember my rants about the ongoing Kelly saga, now being played out in the Hutton Inquiry. If you read the Sun or The Times, you’ll think the Government has the upper hand, and if you read the Mail or the Telegraph, you’ll think the BBC have it done and dusted. The Guardian, of all people, have written an interesting piece on the biased coverage, and wonders whether anyone in the media is covering it objectively.
Techie News: Remember I droned on about the company behind Movable Type, and how they have just launched an online version called TypePad (here’s the post)? Well, the Guardian has a very positive review of it all. Come on you lot, join me in my bloggingness*…
* that’s not a word, plainly.
On October 26th (my 25st birthday, in fact), Derren Brown will play Russian Roulette, with a live gun and live rounds, live on air. The Guardian
explores the man and plan,
Kelly Watch: If anyone thought the anti-BBC slant to the papers over the last couple of days was merely the papers backing up public opinion, think again.
“It is understood, ” says the Telegraph, “that on Saturday afternoon political journalists on the News of the World … had been preparing to write a critical piece on the Government.
That afternoon they were suddenly informed that the opposite was now required.”
Many of the papers reported menacing phonecalls from Number 10 over the weekend. And what links all the papers that tore the BBC apart over the weekend? Rupert Murdoch owns them – a man who desparately wants the government to let him buy Channel 5. The Guardian tells all.
“Your IQ is significantly more powerful than the average for your income bracket.” *blush*. It appears I’m only being paid for a small percent of my IQ, something I’ve been telling my manager for at least a year. Try out the Guardian IQ Test yourself. Go on.
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“The waiting is killing me,” one female soldier tells the Times,
apparently without irony. Well, the waiting is nearly over. It’s no
longer a question of if we go to war, but when – and how. War is
coming this week; “it could even,” the Telegraph predicts, “begin
tonight.” (via The Guardian, not that I usually read that left-wing claptrap)
People always ask me why i blog, what good it does, who does it, and what in Great Jumping Jupiter’s name a blog is anyway – forever asking questions, the little tykes. Well, the last one is neatly answered by the Guardian here. Blogs are like an online diary – as another blogger Sashinka neatly puts it, “If I don’t write stuff down, I forget it.” I’ve tried and failed at least twice (and christ, that’s enough) to start a diary – it always seems like a good idea when too many good things are happening to NOT write them down somewhere, and always ends when life gets a little humdrum. But, hey, I’m ALWAYS at my computer – look at me, I’m so connected – and I can always find a little moment to write to you fine travellers. Well, the last few days haven’t exactly backed me up blog-wise, the little urchins, but hey, it’s a good deal more regular than my diary would’ve been…
So I started blogging. And then i found i wasn’t the only one. It’s like a huge community – they have get togethers, allsorts. Now that’s getting a little ahead of me – I’m quite content in my little room here – but it kinda makes you feel at home. Have a look at the Guardian’s list of Best Blogs – it’s like a voyeurs paradise…
So, there you have it. The Why, What, and Who of blogs. Now, stop asking, Paul D…!
