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Entries Tagged as 'Media'

The Gentleman’s Agreement and other controls

December 29th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics

A slumber inspired rambling tangent on recent events. We now know that TV3 didn’t believe in it or stick by whatever the press office in the Department of Finance or Government Press Office asked for before Christmas. Some people, myself included, have difficulty in these agreements and the culture that surrounds them – ie.when a […]

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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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Blogging the Democratic Convention

August 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Blogging the Democratic Convention · Blogging, LGBT, Social Media, US Election 2008

Before post olympic blues have a minute to kick in, politics wakes up a bit with the Democratic Convention taking place this week in Denver. As well as tuning into the news channels and MSNBC’s live feed online (who have just announced a new show fronted by the cutest butch – ok I’ll stop swooning […]

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