I have been the target of two twitter-storms in my life. The more recent to produce froth-flecked mouths was when I tried to explain the meaning of the word ‘murder,’ and how in my view it was a misnomer when talking about the casualties of the Omagh bomb. Well! That I should dare to even […]
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Scandalous endorsement that got the light touch
Journalists have a way of disappointing you. A political story comes up and, while they report it, they don’t return to it again and again, especially now when politicians are vulnerable in the run-up to a general election. In ways it’s hardly believable. The example I have in mind is the fact that the Irish […]
Poppy power
Picture by Carolyn Eaton I really don’t mind if people choose to wear a poppy. I might wonder how those who do can justify giving their approval and respect to all the things British armed forces have done since the First World War, not least in Ireland. But it would be the individual’s choice […]
Selling a book and pressed for time
Picture by Giovanni Arteaga I was listening this morning to Róisín Ingle of the Irish Times on BBC Raidio Uladh/Radio Ulster. She was talking to Karen Patterson about the fact – mentioned yesterday by Perkin – that she’d had an abortion. Róisín appeared to indicate that she’d become pregnant after a one-night stand and that […]
So what’s the real story?
Picture by Meet the Media Guru It’s easy to let yourself be misled. Yesterday evening on Facebook and Twitter, I posted comments on the way that UTV and then the BBC covered the anniversary of the Miami Showband massacre. In the case of UTV, the word “collusion” was used once and then the story […]
OMG – Stephen Nolan is an atheist!
Picture by alshpmcr It’s not often I feel sorry for Stephen Nolan – I more often feel sorrier for his interviewees – but I do this morning. Why is that, Virginia? He’s been forced to say he’s sorry when he shouldn’t have been. No, not because he’s fallen off the diet-waggon again. Not because he […]
The BBC – public or private?
I was on a radio debate with Sammy Wilson the other day, discussing the idea of whether to ditch the BBC licence fee and make payment voluntary. You want BBC, you pay; you don’t want BBC, you don’t pay. Sammy had the advantage over me of possessing an Economics degree ,whereas I was hopeless at Maths. But […]