A collection of 7 posts
The last couple of years of campaigning – especially the last UK general election, the Scottish referendum with its “cyber-nats”, the Brexit vote and the Trump election – have made it plain to many that there’s a new set of elements…
The Guardian’s SnowCuck-General* Martin Belam has hit the nail on the head with some of the problems inherent to the current fact-checking culture in response to a political movement prepared to flat-out lie to us: […] I’m reminded of…
Apparently the Mirror has had enough of experimentation: Sources close to the online team told BuzzFeed News that they believe Picton’s vision for The Mirror’s websites is based around the MailOnline model, so the current crop of brands…
A Gawker piece by James King is doing the rounds today, highlighting the “ripping off” done by the Daily Mail Online: Yes, most outlets regularly aggregate other publications’ work in the quest for readership and material, and yes, papers throughout…
Martin Belam: And despite the die-hard afficianados, RSS is no longer a key content distribution channel. Of course, with some amusement, I read this in my RSS reader of choice. He’s right in that RSS never became a mainstream…
