Sharks snapping snaps up? Or dispassionately dutifully dispensing
information?
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:10:58 -0700 (PDT)
Shortly before starting High School a friend
and myself got into the habit of jumping a
fence and taking a short cut maybe 3/4 of
the way up a motorway verge when walking
to and from school.
This was, debatably, safer than being one
in a milling horde on a narrow pavement as
cars sped by downhill at above the ...
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"Born Again" - is the MCN (UK) angling for a footnote in the OED?
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
The term "born again bikers" has been around a while
now, and to my mind its usage - informally, verbally, if
not in print in registered media - really marks the point
at which mainstream routes into motorcycling stopped
being the preserve of the working class, skilled-trades
and blue-collar "grease monkeys" and ...
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in-house feeder bureaux: some comments on their roles in
umbrella-group feature research
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:00:33 -0700 (PDT)
Keeping in mind our local paper is recently
bereaved and - given both the infrequency
and timing of some bylined writers' work -
has, possibly, seconded help in the form
of "loaned" staff from a sibling title at the
moment, any critical comment herein is
no reflection on the abilities of a full team
under optim ...
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The American Presidency
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:16:37 -0500
?.... Rule number two is, Never be specific. Never commit yourself to any
definite plan or act, since you have no control
over the future and might not be able to fulfill your promises. Thus, talk
in generalities. Say you?re going to make things
better--but never say just how. Always point out what?s wro ...
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july in local ragland
Sun, 3 Aug 2008 16:31:02 -0700 (PDT)
Well it seems that holiday season is that time
of year when circulation is perceived to be all
of a flounder--either that or The Editor may be
well advised to ensure the papers' stated policy
is immutably enshrined in everyone's screen-
saver.
So, this last month, in the wake of more of a
national press cover ...
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Giles Coren
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:41:57 +0100
This is great:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey
The restaurant critic got more than a little pissed off because a sub
removed a single "a" from his copy.
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"beige" foods - journalism the same?
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:52:26 -0700 (PDT)
Apparently "Mothers can pass on a love
for new foods to their babies via their
breast milk, research has suggested."
THE TIMES Thu Jul 24 2008 p16
Why "new foods"? I can't help but get
the feeling this may be "new to the
mother" (i.e., nutritious).
There's a lot this also suggests that it
should be intere ...
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dream winnings
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:42:20 -0700 (PDT)
There has been a bit in the various presses
recently, albeit notably not those of any real
scientific nature, about problem gamblers
having some kind of deficiency when it comes
to learning.
Now, resisting the obvious avenue which is
to note that journalists are often characterised
as indulging in excessive a ...
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PCC exhibits prescience
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:38:51 -0700 (PDT)
Not quite the toothless cronies people believe
this very day the UK's Press Complaints
Commission has justified its existence by
having upheld the Aberfan of complaints
against Matthew Parris's Boxing Day dinner
party column.
In this column Parris asserted the "problem"
of "litterbug cyclists" who blithely th ...
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Sunday Times Book Reviews
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:34:28 -0700 (PDT)
Fellatiously partial rather than disinterestedly rigourous.
David Crystal's latest misleading effort scored highly.
Perhaps you might be better off sticking to fiction,
literature and heissgeists.
G DAEB
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