Category Archives: Churnalism

Posts in category: "Churnalism":

Time to safeguard public service broadcasting

29Apr09 – 19:42

As Clay Shirky has put it so memorably, for the newspaper industry, the glaciers have arrived.
This has provided a useful backdrop for some spectacular special pleading from media owners.
The need to rescue journalism has, for industry lobbyists, been rapidly translated into a need to feather-bed dying industries that have shown no interest in the promotion [...]

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Newspapers | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Hold the front page

18Mar09 – 23:56

Knife crime isn't going through the roof after all. Every paper will be full of it tomorrow. Remember where you read it first...

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Fact-checking, Moral panics | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

He would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids

24Feb09 – 20:30

Iain Martin - a man who, I cannot emphasise strongly enough, is employed as a political journalist by a national broadsheet newspaper - has the following to say about the Prime Minister's political project:
Gordon Brown, on the other hand, knew exactly what he wanted to do: under the cover of pro-market rhetoric, to massively increase [...]

By ZaNuLieBore | Also posted in Blogging, Clarksonism, Tories | Tagged | Comments (0)

Triffids expected week on Tuesday—Blears to blame says Monbiot

10Feb09 – 16:18

Top boffins are warning that a comet which blasts out poisonous gases is heading towards Earth. Comet Lulin, which glows an eerie green colour is expected to shower meteorites on earth, leaving all those who witness it blind, and infecting the planet with venomous triffids. Environmental campaigner George Monbiot said this morning that cabinet minister [...]

By Olly Onions | Also posted in Moral panics, Strategy | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Why oh why?

10Feb09 – 12:06

Newspapers are roundly distrusted. So why do people still buy them?

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Newspapers, Trust | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Blow the whistle

06Feb09 – 18:36

The NUJ are running a campaign against media employers who are failing to meet the already-low editorial standards that they set themselves by economising on journalism.

By Paul Evans | Comments (0)