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The PressLies to You
The PressLies to You
SometimesFor Political Reasons
SometimesJust Because They're Crap
SomeExamples
Downton downsized... by two hours because American TV executives
fear its intricate plot will baffle U.S. Viewers- Daily Mail
Eight-hour ITV series slashed to six for the States
On ITV, the series,
[...] ran with advertisements, while PBS - the Public Broadcasting
Service - is free of commercials.
On ITV, the series,
[...] ran with advertisements, while PBS - the Public Broadcasting
Service - is free of commercials.
ITV: 15 mins of ads/hourPBS: No ads
ITV: 8 hours(includes 2 hours of ads)PBS: 6 hours
(no major cuts)
Simple maths
SALT shakers are being removed from fish and chip shops in a
nanny state ruling on what we can eat.
The petty diktat is supposed to be part of a healthy living
drive to lower salt consumption which has been linked to high blood
pressure.
Cash-strapped Lib Dem-run Stockport Council, facing cuts of
50million over four years, wants fish and chip shops, cafes and
Indian restaurants to hide salt shakers behind the counters.
As part of its campaign, customers who notice no salt on the
counter or table will have to ask for it.
Cash-strapped Lib Dem-run Stockport Council, facing cuts of
50million over four years, wants fish and chip shops, cafes and
Indian restaurants to hide salt shakers behind the counters.
As part of its campaign, customers who notice no salt on the
counter or table will have to ask for it.
Not nationalNot a diktatNot a ban
Winterval
War on Christmas
Birmingham City Council1997/1998Winter festivalIncluded
Christmas
http://www.thedisinformed.co.uk/2010/12/12/the-winterval-myth/
Science
Tabloid journalist+Science=Disaster
MMR
controversial vaccine
Uncritical reporting of unscientific nonsense
Ask the doctor: Will natural remedies shift gallstones?
Scientists say homeopathy is undiluted hogwash. But it CAN work
- and that's all that matters
The dance boss who hasn't seen a GP for 42 years... thanks to
natural remedies and a pair of infrared pants
This is not new
So what is new?
The Internet
1. New audiences
Who would pay for a tabloid?
But when it's free on the
web site
See any Daily Mail comment discussion
2. Fact checking
2. Fact checking
(Not by them, of course by us)
Google threatens to destroy not only pop sensation Adele, but
Britain's film and music industries. So why is No.10 in thrall to
this parasitic monster?
The company wants to plunder intellectual property songs by
Adele and other British singers so that it can disseminate it free
to anyone who logs on to Google anywhere in the world.
One only has to switch on the computer, call up the Google
search engine and type in the name of a star like Adele...
Nine out of the first ten websites which pop up on Googles
search engine are run by pirates
3. Sharing
a heavily orchestrated internet campaign
-- Jan Moir, Oct 2009
Some interesting projects
churnalism
istyosty
Caches web site content
Share links without sharing click revenue
PCCCampaign
1: Equal prominence for retractions, corrections &
apologies
2: Retain URL for retractions, corrections & apologies
3: Code should cover headlines
4: Sources to be credited
5: Longer consultation
for more fundemental discussions
Thank you
for your suggestions
We don't want to do that
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Angry Mob
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@NadiaSaint
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