40% of adults pray, says survey "Britain is the most atheistic country on earth, thank God." Thus Nick Cohen - capital "G" and all, quoted in "Pretty Straight Guys" some four years ago. Perhaps it is, I don't know. Perhaps...
Posts by Stephen from 2007
Thought for the day
Will they never shut up?
I know the MediaBlog usually concerns itself with the broadcast variety, but technically the media includes the press, so I'll chance it. It was hilarious listening to Trevor Kavanagh on Any Questions this week, rabbiting on as usual about those...
Creative editing
Channel 4 accused of 'distortion' Not for the first time, we have a broadcaster using events out of sequence and out of context to create the impression it wanted. The story is supposed to fit the facts, not the other...
Some might prefer blank screens
BBC corrupted by Microsoft In its defence, it's not exactly the BBC's fault that a) it's faced with a choice between DRM-protected downloads and no downloads at all, and b) the only implementation so far that fits the bill isn't...
A catalogue of errors
BBC error 'no reason to resign' Oh no, not again. It's not been a good few years for the BBC. WMD; "sexing up" claims; David Kelly; Hutton; resignations at the highest levels; Butler. Then the Blue Peter phone-in incident; publication...
A dangerous profession
http://www.rsf.org Following on from the very welcome news that the BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been released, I think this would be a good time to reflect on the dangerous profession that proper journalism can be. In particular, let us...
Report gives BBC News a (reasonably) clean bill of health
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6763205.stm On the way home Friday evening, The Now Show, among its other targets, took a pot-shot at ITV. One of the comics spoke about a visit he'd made in 2003 to Las Vegas, Nevada. The taxi driver said, we...
The folly of flogging BBC Broadcast
Regular readers of EMC MediaBlog will recall that the BBC decided to spin off BBC Broadcast, its broadcast arm, as a self-contained company. Now called Red Bee Media, the former BBC Broadcast handles playout for BBC television as well as...
The good ol' days
Life on Mars Apart from the retro continuity, mucking about with Test Card F and other trivia of interest to us pres geeks, Life on Mars offers a fascinating look back to another world. It's actually quite an apt name....
Press freedom
Joy at direct hit turns to horror Until The Sun published the DVD at the centre of the inquest into the death of Corporal Matty Hull, the Pentagon was still refusing to give permission for it to be shown. Now...
A storm in a tea-cup
Anyone who, having just arrived back from a visit abroad, switched on Radio 4's The World Tonight last Friday (19 January 2007) would have been forgiven for thinking that a grand re-organization of the radio frequencies had taken place. This...
