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The Isolationist G-8 Circus Leaves Town

The Isolationist G-8 Circus Leaves Town

June 19, 2013 1:27 pm
This is The Monday Line (on Wednesday) by Denis G. Campbell What if you hosted a media circus and even protestors yawned and stayed away? The annual gathering of the G-8,...

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Op-Ed: Will the British Jon Stewart Please Stand Up
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Op-Ed: Will the British Jon Stewart Please Stand Up

by Dario Llinares What does The Daily Show’s credibility as a news and current affairs provider say about the state of mainstream news media in general? And why is there no equivalent format or presenter on UK screens? This month British comedian John Oliver takes over the presenting duties on The Daily Show from regular host Jon [...]

Published by on June 5, 2013 6:00 pm
The 787 Dreamliner Arrives in the UK
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The 787 Dreamliner Arrives in the UK

by BTNews.co.uk It has been a busy week for Boeing with not only the first (of 10) Dreamliners for China Southern Airlines, and again the first for Thompson Airways (see BTN 27 May) but also an announcement by Singapore Airlines that it has a requirement for 30 787-10Xs, a stretch medium range version which has yet to [...]

Published by on June 3, 2013 5:00 pm
Ex-Prosecutor Won’t be Watching ‘Brooklyn DA’
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Ex-Prosecutor Won’t be Watching ‘Brooklyn DA’

by Joe Sexton ProPublica “Brooklyn DA,” CBS’s controversial behind-the-scenes series on the life and work of the borough’s prosecutors, debuted Tuesday night. Over the course of the hour, an average of 4.9 million folks tuned in. Robert Reuland was not one of them. “I don’t watch TV,” Reuland, a defense lawyer in Brooklyn said on the [...]

Published by on May 31, 2013 9:04 am
Beware Capitalist Tools
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Beware Capitalist Tools

by Robert Reich Forbes Magazine likes to call itself a “capitalist tool,” and routinely offers tool-like justifications for whatever it is that profit-seeking corporations want to do. Recently it has deployed its small army of corporate defenders and apologists in the multi-billion dollar fight to keep the effective tax rates of global corporations low. One [...]

Published by on May 29, 2013 5:00 pm
Woolwich Attacks: Twitter=Real Time News
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Woolwich Attacks: Twitter=Real Time News

by Dario Llinares Once again, for immediate authentic news information Twitter proves to be an interesting first port of call. Working from home yesterday I took a break around 5:20 and turned on BBC News 24 to see what was going on in the world. The banner at the bottom of the screen, read: BREAKING [...]

Published by on May 22, 2013 8:00 pm
Is the BBC Deliberately Avoiding NHS Cutback Woes?

Is the BBC Deliberately Avoiding NHS Cutback Woes?

By Dario Llinares Is the BBC no longer functioning as the primary conduit of information, and “interrogator in chief” on behalf of the British public? I have always been a staunch advocate of the BBC as a news provider. Its philosophy of objectivity, underpinned by a unique funding mechanism, has entrenched the corporation in the [...]

Published by on May 21, 2013 7:00 am
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