Indifferent Ignorance
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The Ten O’Clock News: a Debate About Scottish Independence
Had a few issues with my laptop earlier so instead of being the link-and-image-filled collage I’d planned, this is going to be a nice discussion post! Tomorrow is Burns Night and since it is potentially the last one with Burns as a Brit, I think we should talk about the referendum. Ask the Important Political… Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: You Really Can Escape the Winter Blues!
It’s cold. It’s dark. School is very much back and no one can quite believe that it’s only been three weeks since the day after Boxing Day. We all sort of want a summer holiday, but we cannot take one… Students Edward Bunyan, Indira Gainiyeva, Who Ran Away To Caribbean From Stonyhurst College ‘Found’ Or… Continue reading
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Titling This Took Three Times Longer than Writing It So Please Just Read and Put Us Both Out of Our Misery
I’ve not got the energy to devote another news post to The Media Versus Sherlock, but you guys really need to read this. 1) Everyone satirises politicians 2) Everyone satirises – or dramatises – the Murdoch empire (see Reichenbach for more tabloid fun!) 3) Journalists need to quit using popular culture as an excuse to spew their political ideas.… Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: a Quick Lesson Borrowed from an Actual Lesson
As I hauled myself out of bed this morning the newsreader bloke mentioned that some higher-up in the EU had spoken out against the British government for spreading “myths” about immigration. I thought a few swearwords that are usually too foul for that time of day except I was late and did not need to… Continue reading
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