Posts Tagged with ‘media’
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For A Balanced and Inclusive Independence Debate
09 May 2013
In case you hadn't noticed, the BBC's coverage of the Scottish Independence debate is dire. When they are not comparing our democratically elected First Minister to genocidal dictators, they are warning us about about all the risks and dangers we face in such uncharted territory. "Here be monsters!", they shout, …
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Independence: Media and Masculinity
04 Mar 2013
Living in exile in Greece at the moment, I watch the struggle for Scottish Independence from afar. Mainstream sources are almost universally crap - giving the British propaganda a bit of seasoning then vomiting it out through their mass channels. It is new technology that will win Independence. Because …
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Greek Police: A Job Well Done?
05 Feb 2013
On Saturday, 2nd February, the English language version of "Η Καθημερινη", the most popular daily newspaper in Athens, carried an editorial praising the Hellenic Police force. The article states... ..the police force has stepped up to the plate and shown that it is capable of doing its job properly despite …
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Charles Kennedy, Stuart Ritchie and the Politics of Dishonesty at Glasgow University
08 Jul 2012
Guest Post by Laura McKeon Politics at Glasgow University is generally perceived by the student community as a confusing mess of conflicting ideologies, with a lot of nastiness deployed with very little visible consequence. On the one hand, we have the old guard. Friendly with senior management, trained in the …
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The BBC are beyond a joke
10 Feb 2012
I've had it with the BBC for a very long while, but my TV is in serious danger of getting a foot put through it and not just because I cant work the remote control. Yes, yes, I know they make good drama, Eastenders is pretty good and hell historical …
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Rape: Myths and Media
31 Jan 2012
Alison Saunder, head of the CPS yesterday warned that the demonisation of young women is contributing to the failure to secure more convictions of suspected rapists. In an interview with the Guardian she states that a debate needs to be opened up about the myths and stereotypes that jurors bring with …
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The Threat of Open Content
20 Jan 2012Its been an interesting few days in digital activism. First on Wednesday Wikipedia, Reddit and BoingBoing shut down together with very public protests from Google, Craigslist and Mozilla over the proposed SOPA and PIPA acts, this was rapidly followed by a raid on MegaUpload, a file transfer system for large …
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Limmy: What the fuck happened?
09 Jan 2012
UPDATE - 12th November 2012 A blog reader, who happens to work in a sandwich shop got in touch with me last month, to tell me that Limmy had been in, they had discussed his work, and she mentioned that - although she had heard good things about his television …
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Women, Media and the Law
15 Dec 2011
In recent years there have been a number of women caught up in the justice system, not as perpetrators of crime as witnesses or victims in a court case, but as victims of the justice system itself, and of the media which reports on it. These cases are diverse in …
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Union Power, Kyriarchy and the Scab
02 Dec 2011
The last blogpost generated quite a bit of discussion in various places about the use of the term "Scab", the power it holds and when its use is appropriate. Only two schools in Glasgow were open on N30, both heavily picketed with lively and cheerful, if a bit damp, strikers. …