Countering the cuts myths
Today's Guardian tells us that voters back cuts to reduce the budget deficit. However, what the press and other media are less keen to do is challenge the assumptions on which people come to such conclusions. The government and the press constantly harp on that we...
Help Mordechai Vanunu get his freedom
On Sunday 8 August Mordechai Vanunu was released from jail after serving three months in prison for violating the terms of his 2004 release by talking to foreigners. He comment; ‘All this harassing me and arresting me again is Israeli’s problem, not my problem’. Now...
Paywalls – where do we stand?
‘I think Rupert Murdoch made the wrong choice this time’ wrote the Daily Telegraph’s media and technology specialist Shane Richmond on Murdoch’s decision to erect a paywall around the Times and Sunday Times. A number of media commentators share that view believing...