Madsen Pirie's latest video is about mass production, but I want to talk about mass distribution. The first of his series, released just over a week ago, has, according to YouTube, been viewed 9,493 times. That seems quite encouraging, especially when you look at the viewing figures of some of Britain's public-service television. According to The Telegraph last year: "S4C, which gets mor...
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He must grapple with excessive handsomeness, mussing his hair just so to avoid looking like a television anchorman, writes Jacob Weisberg
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FT on 2nd Feb 2012 (via ft.com)
Helen Goodman MP, Labour's Shadow media minister, said in response to today's decision to go ahead with the framework to set up local television local TV channels in the UK:
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LabourParty on 31st Jan 2012 (via labour.org.uk)
The news that for-profit abortion providers are soon to be allowed to advertise on television suggests there is something very wrong with our society. Abortion may well at times be the least worst option. But even those of us who accept this should feel deeply uncomfortable with it being actively promoted on television. The fact that these providers want to advertise on television is revealing of ...
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Spectator on 21st Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
The news that for-profit abortion providers are soon to be allowed to advertise on television suggests there is something very wrong with our society. Abortion may well at times be the least worst option. But even those of us who accept this should feel deeply uncomfortable with it being actively promoted on television. The fact that these providers want to advertise on television is revealing of ...
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Spectator on 21st Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
PRESS STATEMENT Press TV 20th January 2012 OFCOM HAS REVOKED Press TV Limited’s Television Licensable Content Service licence. It means that the British public can no longer watch Press TV on BSkyB’s Sky platform. Press TV International has released the following statement: The British government’s media regulatory body, Ofcom, has banned Press TV’s broadcast in
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SocialistUnity on 21st Jan 2012 (via socialistunity.com)
Resurgent Republican hopeful denies allegations made in a television interview ahead of the South Carolina primary on the weekend
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FT on 20th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
A television debate on the future of the Labour Party was disturbed by a sex scene.
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Telegraph on 19th Jan 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
The SNP MSP Margaret Joan McAlpine has got herself into a bit of trouble:What I said that day was clipped on some television bulletins in a way which cut me off mid-sentence so that I seem to be saying that Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Tories were anti-Scottish, full stop.But there was no full stop. The sentence goes on to say “in coming together to defy the will of the Scottish people
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FreedomAndWhiskey on 18th Jan 2012 (via freedomandwhisky.blogspot.com)
In an interview with the Al Arabiya television channel, British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised the Arab League for its work in Syria and warned that Iran remains a "clear threat".
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BBCPolitics on 13th Jan 2012 (via bbc.co.uk)