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Entries Tagged as 'MSM'

My list of I need to mention such and such…

March 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Blogging, Irish Blog Awards, Irish Media, Irish Politics, linkiness, Michael Lynn, MSM

I have a list of links that have been brewing, mentions and such – and I have found 5 minutes to mention them! – Firstly Irish Left Review – go look – it’s new and very shiny – We believe that the Left must contest conservatism on a broad front – whether it be on […]

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Bloggers ethics…yeah right.

January 23rd, 2008 · 9 Comments · Irish Media, Michael Lynn, MSM, Uncategorized

I don’t know what cheered me more – the dulcet tones of Michael in the morning or the slightly aggrieved tone of Senator Ronan Mullen as Ger and Claire played their ‘find’ and delayed him in his romp through the papers. You can listen to the newspaper review from the Breakfast Show below – the […]

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Resting in Peace…

January 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Fact Check, MSM

I wonder what the Evening Herald headlines are today with regards to the guilty plea in the case concerning the murder of Sharon Coughlan. Will they exonerate the victim? This case came a bit late for the new Press Council and of course who knows if the new body would have actually done anything? I […]

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Sharon Coughlan RIP

September 22nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Equality, Fact Check, MSM

Note – please see this post for the latest on this matter. I won’t comment on the case as someone is now facing charges but as for the coverage – well some of the Irish print media spent the last few days libeling the dead. I do hope that a lot of time is spent […]

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Farewell then Vincent…more interesting radio departs the airwaves

July 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · MSM

Ah a National Treasure faces Ana Leddy’s axe. (sub required) Whilst out in RTE a few weeks ago I feared that this decision would be made. No more re-enactments, no more examinations of the abuse of women at the hands of barbaric doctors, no more analysis of the appalling state of our mental health system.  […]

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