Category Archives: Media

On the web this week

Posted on September 1, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

There’s an excellent piece by Fat man on a keyboard responding to John Pilger’s call for a boycott of Israel in the New Statesman in particular and the “pro-Palestinian left” in general. The Palestine/Israel conflict is not easily reducible to … Continue reading →

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Praise be! It's another one

Posted on August 31, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

As the city council quietly plots to deprive the sick and elderly of their free “Lifeline” emergency alarms (Blogger passim) to save a few quid, we can at least rest assured that they’ll have no problem spinning the excuses for … Continue reading →

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Media Guardian joy

Posted on August 28, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The city council’s new strategic communications post for the education department is being advertised exclusively in the Media Guardian. Doubtless this is to attract some media creative from London looking to make a stress free £33k a year and improve … Continue reading →

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North Bristol NHS spin shocker

Posted on August 22, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

Nice to see North Bristol NHS Trust spending taxpayers money on blatant political spin for New Labour. This dossier compiled by the Tories of hospitals at risk of downsizing includes Frenchay Hospital’s A&E Department which, as has been well-publicised, is … Continue reading →

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Climate Camp: ha, ha, Hari

Posted on August 19, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

So who’s the one reporter invited by the organisers to Heathrow’s increasingly farcical Camp for Climate Change and given free rein to wander around and do what he likes while other journalists must have a “media savvy” climate camper escort … Continue reading →

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Long live the climate camp! The main event of the 21st century and the beginning of the worldwide historic turn of humanity away from capitalism

Posted on August 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The thing that’s really struck me about this Climate Camp at Heathrow is the paranoia and control freakery around the press. As The Guardian’s Helen Pidd says: “For a gathering founded on anarchist principles, the Camp for Climate Action doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The it's August and getting desperate post

Posted on August 16, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

“It’s quite interesting, y’know, the number of biscuits that are named after revolutionaries. You’ve got your Garibaldi, of course. You’ve got your Bourbons then of course you’ve got your Peak Freens’ Trotsky Assortment.” While aimlessly surfing ’round the internet I … Continue reading →

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A towering example

Posted on August 13, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

The television event of the summer finishes tonight with the last episode of Anthony Wonke’s eight part documentary, The Tower, at 10.35pm on BBC 1. If you haven’t seen any of this so far, watch it while you can. The … Continue reading →

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Pass the sickbag: Writers' Rooms

Posted on August 11, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

This week’s toe curling effort in The Guardian Review’s regular Pseuds Corner slot, ‘Writers’ Rooms’, comes from pretentious old fart, Picasso biographer John Richardson. The upper class twit says: “I loathed school, but the advantage of going to Stowe was … Continue reading →

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"The hacienda must be built"

Posted on August 10, 2007 by The Bristol Blogger

… And I suppose that wanker off the telly sort of did it. “I used to say some people make money and some make history – which is very funny until you find you can’t afford to keep yourself alive.” … Continue reading →

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