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Going Underground's Blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
RMT Leader Crow will be the first trade union official to ever appear on the comdedy quiz show " Have I Got News for You ". He'll be on this Friday and apparently is a long time fan. He said to the Evening Standard " I'm looking forward to an evening of sparring with Ian Hislop, Paul Merton and the rest of the panel. I've sat across the table from some sharp operators in my time, but...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Critics call it a 'toothless watchdog' – and even its supporters admit it is the 'least worst option'. The Press Complaints Commission and its chair, Lady Buscombe, came under fire last week from MPs, lawyers, this paper's editor and bloggers. Is it time for a rethink? Geoffrey Robertson: 'The PCC's worst claim is that it has raised standards of journalism – it has not' The most satisfactory...
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Wanted truthful parliament in the UK (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
1618 [1545] GMT London Saturday 21 November 2009: Editor © Muhammad Haque. We have been asking why the Daily Telegraph won't publish a report by Celia Walden into Boris Johnson’s brain. The question arises from the ‘role’ the Daily Telegraph has played in the reporting of MPs’ expenses claims and other fiddles. And it also arises from what Celia Walden herself said –...
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John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
As The Independent on Sunday' s Katie Price correspondent (a post I secured because Alan Watkins was away that week), I draw readers' attention to another gem of postmodern media satire on the front cover of OK! magazine. The top headline is: Katie: "My only interview" I think this means: Katie: "My only interview in OK! magazine this week" But if Ian Hislop wants to report Richard...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
You could forgive Andrew Marr and Ian Hislop buckling under the weight of their poppies come Armistice Day. How does a popular historian tackle a subject as relentlessly researched as the First World War without staggering into the No Man's Land between rehashed old facts and obscure military arcana? Hislop, on Channel 4, was at least able to beaver away in Marr's shadow. Poor Andy is a brand these...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Watching Have I Got News For You last night, it was difficult not to feel sorry for Kevin Maguire, who managed to go through the whole programme without uttering more than three sentences. Difficult, but not impossible. The other highlight was seeing Ian Hislop looking very pleased with himself at being told he was 67 in GQ's list of the Top 100 Most Influential Men in Britain. He looked especially...
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
VILLAGERS' attempts to save their Victorian railway station from the bulldozers have been backed by comedian Ian Hislop, whose magazine has criticised moves to demolish it.
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Dan's Media Digest (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Pick of the Week: "Doctor Who" – BBC1, Sun @7pm MONDAY 9th Not Forgotten (Channel 4, 8pm) A collection of poignant stories from soldiers who fought WWI. Hosted by Ian Hislop. Miranda (BBC2, 8.30pm) Sitcom based on the radio series. Stars Miranda Hart, Sally Phillips & Tom Ellis. Collision (ITV1, 9pm) Five-part drama about a group of dispirate characters who come together following...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
After yesterday's disappointment with the PCC ruling, today is another day, and a rather brighter one. I've just been flicking through the December issue of GQ Magazine and have been reading their list of the 100 Most Influential Men in Britain. It's an intriguing list, not least because for some reason best known to themselves they have included me at number 66 - one place above Ian Hislop, two above...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In the "My Oxford" column of the new Oxford Today magazine, Ian Hislop is asked if he'd like to be a student again. "Oh yes," he replies, "and I've a major fantasy that, somewhere, there [is] a college so desperate that they will ask me to be Master." As job applications go, this has a touchingly scattergun quality: any college will do, as long as I get to be Master....
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thecustard.tv (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Saturday 9.15pm Festival of Remembrance BBC1 10.35pm JLS Revealed ITV2 - Documentary following 2008 X Factor runners-up JLS on their rollercoaster ride from TV fame to success as a group in their own right. Sunday 9.00pm The Children Who Fought Hitler BBC4 - Documentary telling the story of a heroic battle fought by the children of the British Memorial School to help liberate Europe from the Nazis....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Examination of British involvement in torture of terror suspects detained overseas helps Cobain to investigative journalism prize The Guardian's Ian Cobain has won the 2009 Paul Foot award for his investigation into British involvement in the torture of terror suspects detained overseas. Cobain received the £5,000 award at a ceremony in central London last night. The Paul Foot award celebrates...
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Ana the Imp (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Had you ever heard of ‘super injunctions’? I confess I had not until I heard Ian Hislop talk about them on Have I Got News for You . In essence this is a gagging order that even prevents a newspaper saying that it has been gagged or making any kind of reference to the gagging device The issue arose when a ship belonging to an international oil trading company by the name of Trafigura deliberately...
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Biased BBC (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
For me, humour can overcome certain political views if it’s funny enough. The assumption that everyone will automatically agree is still irritating , but I can put that aside if there’s a good laugh in there. Did anyone see how miffed that Mark Steel fellow was when Ian Hislop called him a Stalinist on HIGNFY ? He was definitely bovvered. The thing I’m not so sure about is the stupid...
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