Instant Media Raises Its Ugly Head Once Again

The latest hot topic in the footballing world right now is racism. We have Luis Suarez being found guilty of using insulting words with reference to race, and just this evening it is alleged that Oldham FC footballer Tom Adeyemi was racially abused by a member of the Liverpool crowd during tonight’s FA Cup game [...]

Famous For Being Famous – a follow-up

Today, Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents involved in the “Balloon Boy” hoax of October this year, were sentenced to jail in a Colorado court. Richard Heene will spend 90 days in jail, whilst his wife Mayumi will spend 20 days locked up.

Winter Chaos – Why People Shouldn’t Over-react

Over the course of the last week, the United Kingdom has been hit by a weather system moving from Siberia, which brought heavy snowfall and icy conditions. Many parts of the country, particularly the South-East, have become mired in transport problems with people forced to abandon cars until it was safe to retrieve them. In [...]

Ex-soldier arrested and charged with gun possession – for taking a gun into a police station.

This story has been doing the rounds on twitter, as well as on various blogging and micro-blogging sites, so I’ve had chance to look at the story from a few different perspectives. The background of it is this: Paul Clarke, a former soldier, found a sawn-off shotgun and ammo in his back garden in a [...]

The power of Twitter in today’s media.

It seems that Twitter has become the latest method of the press and various news outlets to gather stories for their sites and papers. Many news sites have reported on Stephen Fry’s twitter saying he’s thinking of disconnecting from the twitterverse. It’s fair enough for the media to comment on famous people, but really? Twitter? [...]

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