Sunday, 28 April 2013





The Internet…The Enemy Of Falsehood

  Guardianista Roy Greenslade in the Evening Standard says: Don’t blame the internet for false rumours about Boston – it’s the enemy of falsehoods How far down the digital road do we have to travel before journalists — plus assorted politicians, police officers and lawyers — stop blaming the internet for false reporting? It’s not about the tools. It’s all about the people, the human beings, who use, and misuse, those … Continue reading 

The Oxygen Of Publicity

         Counter-narratives must be disseminated and key facts – for instance, that more Muslims have died in Pakistan as a result of Taliban actions than American drones…must be widely publicised.’  Maajid Nawaz,  Quilliam       The BBC has reported extensively on the protest by the Stop The War Coalition against the opening of an airbase to operate drones from the UK. The story was endlessly reported … Continue reading