Daily Archives: 12 July, 2011

They missed the Wall Street Journal….

Posted on 12 July, 2011 by jb
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News of the Screws

Posted on 12 July, 2011 by jb

“The hacking scandal currently shaking Rupert Murdoch’s empire will surprise only those who have willfully blinded themselves to that empire’s pernicious influence on journalism in the English-speaking world. Too many of us have winked in amusement at the salaciousness without … Continue reading →

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Mind the gap…

Posted on 12 July, 2011 by jb

I get the feeling that my bank manager would have had a quiet word with me in 1975 and given me a severe bollocking in 1978. By 1983, I would have been bankrupt. Unless I could have found gullible people … Continue reading →

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