Car makers Ford, Vauxhall and Mitsubishi Motors, along with Britain’s biggest high street lender Lloyds and billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Holidays, have dropped advertising in the News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper. A refreshing unintended consequence for the tab's owner Rupert Murdoch for its slightly insane way of collecting news -- tapping phones.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Media drunk on Casey Anthony trial
Interesting Reuters piece recalling the All -Casey-All- The-Time hysteria. It's being called a "Victory for Reasonable Doubt" but few believe the verdict was not a gift.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Hacked Fox Twitter Account Sends Alarming Posts
A tweet message said the President had died but the language was hardly convincing for a news agency. It said “(He) has just passed. The President is dead. A sad 4th of July indeed.”
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Tony Clements low-level royal scandal
It's hard to know who to like least in the minor category scandal of Tony Clement taking a picture of Kate and Will standing watching fireworks. Some media are bellowing about "freedom" while Clement looks like a star-struck country boy who not only secretly snapped the picture but also -- OMG -- tweeted it. A caveat. The actual picture is not included with the attached Sun story so you will have to ferret it for yourself. Might not be worth time actually. Comments are fun. They split roughly between "only a minister of that Karla Homolka eyes Stephen Harper could do this" to "Drop dead you creepy scribblers."
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