Monthly Archives: December 2012
Review: Supersized Earth
| December 8, 2012 | Posted by Dan Clayton under Documentaries |
In BBC4′s fantastic documentary Supersized Earth we are taken on a journey around the world to see how humanity is transforming the planet. Episode 3 featured, amongst other things, the world’s largest cattle ranches (Brazil), the world’s biggest opencast mine (USA), and the construction of the earth’s largest man-made river (China). The Chinese are building…
World War II: Making up stories
| December 7, 2012 | Posted by Dan Clayton under In the news |
The BBC’s Robin Lustig announced yesterday that next Monday will be the 70th anniversary of ‘one of the most significant and least know international declarations ever made’. Was this the declaration of independence by some obscure colony? No, this was a statement agreed by the Allied governments of Britain, the US, the Soviet Union, in…
The media is not a profession
| December 7, 2012 | Posted by Dan Clayton under Leveson Inquiry |
Other professions are regulated then why not the press? Post-Levenson this has become the new mantra. But the press is not like the medical profession, which is a closed body with exams and qualifications needed to gain admittance. The hack is not like a gas engineer who can expose its customers to harm if a…
