What if Quentin Tarantino had taken the bait and discussed the link between movie and real life violence in Django Unchained, rather than shutting Krishnan Guru-Murthy’s butt down? In the wake of the Newtown massacre, a wrong-footed remark on violence is akin to lowering the spring of a thunder drum toward a squawking nest...
Is it really any wonder politicians hate every last one of the sniffling meat sacks they rule over? We’ve only got ourselves to blame. It’s our fault for pummelling these once-regular folk until they turn into monsters that wince at the prole-stench on the West Coast Main Line’s cattle cars.
MediaSpank's monthly column in Crack magazine is illustrated by the brilliant Lee Nutland (@LeeNutland). As an ode to his work over the last two years here's a gallery:
Financial journalism is becoming void of real world significance. With coverage consisting of a bland mash of economic lingo and buzz words, British newspapers are forgetting the primary function of journalism. There’s an overabundance of stories that discuss...
In the space of ten days, three memes pointed to the future of mankind’s ability to cope with what flushes down the pipes of the internet, whether it’s religious hatred, PG-13 pornography or The Great American Douchebag...
It’s convention week in Tampa and the news networks are relaying a 24-hour barrage of Republican Party commentary mixed with wind monitors, hurricane-grade graphics and live reports from journalists struggling to stand up straight...
The News Repurposing Factory is spitting out content ad nauseum. Mass social media savvy machines clogging up the arteries of the nation’s super highway with sugary nougats of news and noncerebral celebritism. Arianna Huffington, who launched the Huffington Post…
You can just see him in the briefing room, rubbing those scaly-skinned palms together, a gleam in his eye. Cameron’s about to walk into Prime Minister’s question time with positive news for the first time in months. Employment’s up...
The Core Issues Trust recently booked a series of bus adverts in central London telling the world to GET OVER IT! The ‘IT’ they’re talking about is homosexuality, and they think society – gay, straight, whatever – should deal with it in…
Day One at the Sun On Sunday and Murdoch’s minions are already banging the war drum. It’s not a case of if, but when there will be war with Iran – get used to it readers of the popular press, our…