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Entries Tagged as 'MSM'

A sting from a dying wasp – question is who is the wasp?

December 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Blogging, MSM, Social Media

John Burn’s writes in today’s Sunday Times about blogging in Ireland and asking where have all the blogs gone like there is some sort of crisis afoot, that it really matters in the state of things, or more like he wants us to think that newspapers were always right about the ‘amateurs’ and indeed are […]

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Did you hear the one about the online poll that was too busy?

December 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · MSM

The Limerick Leader ran a online poll on Monday on the matter of Donal Murray, the Bishop of Limerick who is under pressure to resign in light of the findings of the Murphy Report. However there was a lot of voting on the poll and the results changed wildly. So the Editor of the Limerick […]

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Mark Little goes digital

November 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Irish Media, MSM, Social Media

The online news evangelist and tweeter extraordinare (@marklittlenews) is heading for the superhighway on a years leave of absence. Best of luck to him! RTÉ Prime Time presenter, Mark Little, has announced that he is taking a year’s leave of absence from RTÉ in the New Year to pursue a project combining digital media and […]

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And while I’m at it

November 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Feminism, MSM

People following me on twitter or reading the liveblogs are probably sick to the teeth of my ranting through the last few weeks about Vincent Browne’s problem with women. For a broadcaster so obsessed with equality this season’s show on TV3 has been marked by a lack of female guest on the first part of […]

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Radio’s new non-suffragettes

November 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Feminism, MSM

On the day when private clubs in Ireland won the right to discriminate not only against women but against anyone based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, parental status, family status and membership of the Travelling Community I hear RTE are launching a new radio programme. Girl Talk starts broadcasting next Saturday. The Apprentice’ star Jennifer […]

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