Reading Time: 2 minutes [Though I use the example of the EU referendum here, this is not an article about being Leave or Remain – that is essentially irrelevant to the point.] Britain is still reeling from a referendum campaign that was torrid, and yet incredibly important. The US is going through a similar experience with their presidential campaign. Opinions from […]
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Today’s Bizarre News: Public Spanking for Poorly Performing Bank Trainees
Reading Time: < 1 minute Yes, you heard it right. The BBC reports: A video has surfaced online showing staff at a Chinese bank being publicly spanked for poor performance, sparking outrage. The video, first posted by the People’s Daily, shows a man asking eight employees why they did not “exceed themselves” at training. They give answers including “failing to […]
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The Bias and Downright Lies of the UK Media over EU Referendum
Reading Time: 7 minutes I have been planning on writing on the EU Referendum for some time now, having debated it in Bournemouth for the Dorset Humanists. For the US and other non-UK readers here, this is about as all-consuming in the UK as Trump and Clinton in the US. Because it is wholly important. Will we remain in […]
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Creationist Dan Walker Appointed as BBC Breakfast Presenter
Reading Time: 3 minutes Oh deary me. I love the BBC, and I love BBC breakfast, and I love outgoing stalwart presenter Bill Turnbull. I have no time for Creationists, and I think they are dangerous, certainly as objective reporters who need to report on science and religion. So the news that Dan Walker is a Creationist is deeply […]
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British media ‘most right-wing’ in Europe, YouGov survey finds
Reading Time: 2 minutes The caveat being that only seven nations took part in the survey, but the findings are completely unsurprising for anyone with an ounce of intelligence who reviews the UK media. Here are the right-wing papers: The Daily Express The Daily Mail The Daily Telegraph The Spectator The Sun The Times The Financial Times (centre of […]
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The Lord’s Prayer advert HAS NOT BEEN BANNED in cinemas
Reading Time: 7 minutes I just want to set the record straight since this is being mis-reported all over the media. I sent a complaint to the BBC and they changed their website headline, though still report it incorrectly on the TV news.
Here is how the BBC report it, having changed “ban” to “snub” and “refusal”:
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Is Josh Duggar the Biggest Family-Values Hypocrite Ever? Not Even Close
Reading Time: 3 minutes “I have been the biggest hypocrite ever,” Josh Duggar wrote, in a confessional statement he later took down. Indeed, it has been a tough summer for the former reality TV star and executive director of the Family Research Council’s lobbying arm, now exposed as a former child molester, porn addict, and Ashley Madison-using adulterer.
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Fox News Is Brainwashing Viewers And Hurting The Republican Party
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ploiticsusa has released this article which reinforces what I have said before (in the thread).
A new study has found that Fox News is hurting the Republican Party by brainwashing millions of angry conservatives with misinformation.
In a new study of the Fox News effect by Bruce Bartlett, research was collected that demonstrated the negative impact of Fox News on media and politics.
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Why the Daily Mail is a pathetically crap newspaper
Reading Time: 2 minutes Liz Kendall, running for Labour leadership in the UK, was rightfully indignant about the shiteness of the Daily Mail, Britain’s worst paper. Seriously, what century are we in? As the BBC reports: Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall has said it is “unbelievable” she was asked about her weight in an interview with the Mail on […]
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Petition for Jenner to give back medals…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it a poe?
That’s the question. It is written in such a way that it reads to me as a poe. Here is the chang.org petition description which comes in light of Olympic athlete and medal-winner Bruce Jenner’s recent announcement of being trans and having a transition to Caitlyn Jenner. There has been some controversy in this announcement in the way it has been reported by some outlets. There are a whole host of people who have had their introduction to the transgender movement and they are not quite sure how to say thing, whether to take the piss, or whether to treat the story in a more repectable manner. Here is the description: