Category Archives: Media

"I'm in favour of free speech unless I disagree with it"

Posted on March 4, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s Tuesday. Must be time for Cancer editor News Bunny Norton to wheel out his Islamo-looney, Farooq Siddique to give us his highly personal take on Islam in his ‘A Muslim in Bristol’ column. Strangely enough Norton’s stopped posting Siddique’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Journalism, Media, Middle East | Tagged , | There are 6 comments

Scoop!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

It’s been another big week for Bristol journalism … “Dream Jobs! How to get them by those who know,” announces the front cover of this week’s Venue. Sounds good. We could all do with a dream job. Here at the … Continue reading →

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Railway path spinwatch

Posted on February 16, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Labour transport boss Bradshaw and his press spokeswoman Kate Hartas – who seems to flit from working for the city council to the West of England Partnership and back again on a regular basis without ever troubling the truth a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Developments, Environment, Labour Party, Local government, Media, Transport, WESP | Tagged , , | There are 13 comments

Is the News Bunny reversing the ferret?

Posted on February 14, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Here’s the latest example of the kind of leadership found at the top of our city’s most influential institutions these days … You might remember that the Evening Cancer, the newspaper Mike “News Bunny” Norton is supposed to be in … Continue reading →

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A bad week for …

Posted on February 7, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Editing a provincial newspaper has never been the most intellectually rigorous of tasks. Traditionally the ability to create an aggressively macho management culture by bullying the work experience girl; grooming a couple of contacts in the local Rotary Club; having … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Bristol Evening Post, Congestion charge, Developments, Environment, Media, Transport | Tagged , , | There are 7 comments

Evening Cancer's pro-fascist photo shocker

Posted on January 24, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Adding insult to injury: today’s Evening Cancer article openly publicising the BNP’s Richard Barnbrook leading yesterday’s coppers’ march of shame (Barnbrook’s ‘s on the left of the picture looking pleased with himself in the light brown suit) Yet another fine … Continue reading →

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Blog of the day

Posted on January 23, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Take a bow the Guardian News Blog! Usually a tedious repository of poorly produced “up-to-the-minute” news written by the offspring of senior hacks as a stepping stone on their meritocratic rise to the top or by wealthy work experience students … Continue reading →

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Due to popular demand: that Simon Caplan website story in full!

Posted on January 22, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Over on the More Bristol News news thread a discussion’s been sparked about Simon Caplan and his infamous website. For posterity, here’s the Evening Cancer story about it from 2004: Council boss apologises over list of hates on web Bristol … Continue reading →

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More Bristol News news

Posted on January 19, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

The battle to save the Marksbury Road Library, situated in the middle of one of the most deprived areas of the city, takes a new turn. The Bristol Green Party is proposing that the extra £100,000 earmarked by the Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Green Party, Libraries, Local government, Media, Windmill Hill | Tagged , , | There are 9 comments

State of the city: unfuckingbelievable

Posted on January 18, 2008 by The Bristol Blogger

Tuesday’s ‘State of the City’ debate was predictably used by the Labour Party not to face up to the problems the city faces but to engage in some shameless cheerleading for themselves. Among the highlights was delusional education boss Derek … Continue reading →

Posted in Bristol, Labour Party, Local government, Media, Politics | Tagged , | There are 11 comments