The EU Copyright Directive Will Stifle Online Free Speech And Creativity
The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU’s new Copyright Directive, with 438 MEPs favouring the controversial draftContinue Reading
Category: Journalism
The Mysteries Of Google Search Engine Optimisation
A few weeks ago I had a brief reminder of why Google remains the king of internet search engines, eclipsingContinue Reading
Gemma O’Doherty And That Presidential Candidacy
It’s probably too early in the race for Áras an Uachtaráin to pay overmuch attention to the mixed slate ofContinue Reading
The Legacy Of The RUC
The solidly pro-union newspaper, The News Letter, has launched an editorial campaign to revise the contested history of the Irish-BritishContinue Reading
Inside The IRA, Video From The Spin Magazine 1994 Feature Story
By the summer of 1993 the international press was full of speculation about the future course of the so-called “Troubles”Continue Reading
UKIP Is A Far-Right Party Even If The UK Press Is Loath To Admit It
When it comes to the rise of the neo-right in the “West”, it’s interesting to note that much of theContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s Criticism Of The Irish Press And News Media
Leo Varadkar’s love-hate relationship with the press is well-known, as is his desire to control “the story”. However the FineContinue Reading
The EU Copyright Directive Article 13 Threatens Internet Diversity
With all the focus on the implementation of the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, very fewContinue Reading
New Polling Reveals Support For Reunited Ireland And Irish Nationality In The North
Was the British Minister Theresa May onto something a few weeks ago when she indicated to some of her ConservativeContinue Reading
The Dog-Whistle Rhetoric Of Brexit Britain Is Obsessed With Leo Varadkar
One of the more noxious effects associated with the rise of Brexitism in the United Kingdom has been the returnContinue Reading
Video: Michelle Wolf At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The extraordinary reaction of the ideological right-wing in the United States to the 20 minute comedy routine of the formerContinue Reading
British Brexit Secretary David Davis Makes Speedy Secret Visit To The Border
If one were searching for a perfect metaphor to illustrate the impossibility of the United Kingdom reimposing any type ofContinue Reading
Ruth Dudley Edwards, The Author Of Her Own Brexit Misfortune
Speaking of right-wing politics, Britain’s leading apologist for its colonial misadventures in Ireland, the novelist Ruth Dudley Edwards, has takenContinue Reading
Lionel Shriver, The UFF Mug and British Terrorism In Ireland
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in Britain seems to have a bit of a myopic soft spot for its former columnist,Continue Reading
The Daily Express Invents False Quote For Brexit Fake News
In some ways the Daily Express is the also-ran of right-wing newspapers in the United Kingdom. Considerably smaller and withContinue Reading
British Terrorists Presented As Loyalist Paramilitaries With Statement On Criminality
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, whichContinue Reading
The Email Data Breach At Independent News & Media
Out of legal necessity, one needs to tread very carefully while discussing the emerging scandal at Independent News & MediaContinue Reading
Sinclair Broadcast Group And The Infamous Fake News Script
The weekend revelations about the transformation of the Sinclair Broadcast Group in the United States into the Pravda of AmericanContinue Reading
Miriam O’Callaghan, The Next President Of Ireland?
Several years ago, the Irish press was rife with speculation about the rumoured presidential ambitions of one of its own:Continue Reading
Cambridge Analytics: Donald Trump And The 2016 Presidential Election
Channel 4 News in Britain has released another piece from its undercover investigation into the clandestine activities of the well-connectedContinue Reading
Akilah Hughes Versus Carl Benjamin, The YouTuber Known As Sargon Of Akkad
As I wrote in a previous article, while I follow a number of channels on YouTube offering commentary on politicalContinue Reading
Spiked Magazine Gets It Wrong On Brexit And Ireland
The origins of the internet magazine, Spiked, lie in the demise of the United Kingdom’s controversial – and latterly, oddballContinue Reading
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