The “phone-hacking scandal” needs a good name. “Hackgate” or “Phonegate” just won’t cut it — that nomenclature is for little controversies that one wryly compares to Watergate in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. This one actually is like Watergate, and its consequences could be no less far-reaching.
The one thing the scandal isn’t really about — not [...]
Filed under: conservatives, culture, davidcameron, jonathanbirch, journalism, media, ukpolitics on July 18th, 2011 | No Comments »
Why bother being in government? What’s the point, exactly? While inadvertently pondering this question aloud in front of Telegraph journalists, the best answer Vince Cable could come up with was that it allowed him to bash Rupert Murdoch. Unfortunately, by making this claim, Vince has talked himself out of the opportunity to bash Rupert Murdoch. [...]
Filed under: jonathanbirch, journalism, libdems on December 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, today outlines plans to cut the science budget while forging stronger links between science and business. A bit ominous, but not particularly surprising. The really ominous thing about this news is how the BBC has reported it. At the time of writing, the BBC News story quotes “Martin Reese, president [...]
Filed under: culture, jonathanbirch, journalism, ukpolitics on September 8th, 2010 | No Comments »
An aide to the Prime Minister spreads some nasty gossip in a private email to a blogger. The blogger’s emails are hacked, the emails are leaked to another blog, and the aide resigns. It’s a juicy and very modern tale of a spin doctor getting a taste of his own medicine. But is it really [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, bbc, conservatives, davidcameron, jonathanbirch, journalism, labour, ukpolitics on April 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Photograph courtesy of the Soldier’s Media Center
We’re really excited about the programme of speakers we put together for Lent Term, over the next week we’ll be announcing our termcard and giving you a bit of background about our speakers. Our first speaker for Lent Term will be the journalist David Loyn.
David Loyn is the [...]
Filed under: 9/11, afghanistan, bbc, clarepoliticsnews, davidloyn, journalism, taliban on January 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
