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Papers and the BNP
Earlier today journalism.co.uk highlighted that some regional press are now accepting advertising from the fascist BNP. It seems just to be Newsquest‘s online titles, but as Jon Slattery points out,...
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Twanscript: Royals and the media
Twanscript (is that a permissible Twitter-word?) from the Republic debate The Royal PR Machine with Richard Palmer, royal correspondent of the Daily Express and Emily Hill, Evening Standard journalist...
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The i-deal
From the paper which was the first to steer away from political ties and which ended the era of the broadsheet only ‘quality’, comes the first new UK-wide national newspaper in decades. i from the...
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Blacks and homosexuals. All the same to Melanie Phillips?
Using a quick find and replace on Word, you can establish just how bigoted Melanie Phillips’ most recent diatribe against gay rights really is. Had her article read as the doctored version does below –...
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Don’t feel too sorry for the Daily Record
As job losses were announced, The Herald posed the question, does Scotland need the Daily Record? This was the newspaper which in 2000 leapt on Stagecoach boss, Brian Souter‘s, bigoted bandwagon to...
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1.5 journalists for every PR in the UK
A year ago I calculated that there was almost one PR for every journalist in the UK. But has the recession, public sector cuts and the rise of social media had an impact on these numbers? Well, the...
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An Olympic PR stunt-fest?
Into the closing stages now, but the Olympics PR gems keep coming… Subs Sack Race: Sub Editors at the Express and the Mirror will be watching over their shoulders as they failed to spot that their...
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The unwelcome political return of Mr Megabus
The No campaign in the Scottish Referendum may have issues with its sexist and patronising adverts, but Sir Brian Souter’s appearance on the BBC last night serves as a reminder that the Yes campaign...
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