The Answer To Gun Violence Is Not More Guns
Yet again it takes a murder, and one with quasi-political overtones in the eyes of some exploitative journalists, before politicians and theContinue Reading
Category: Journalism
Circle Jerk Journalism From The Sunday Independent
“Circle jerk” is a slang term in American English normally defined as a sexual act, sometimes associated with pornography, where several individualsContinue Reading
The Fox News Of Irish Journalism And Politics
It seems that recent statements by the PSNI in Belfast and the coalition government in Dublin have sent the right-wingContinue Reading
Denis O’Brien, Putting The Boot In
In relation to the controversial entrepreneur Denis O’Brien , the “Donald Trump” of the Irish business world, and his seeming determination to litigate his criticsContinue Reading
Fox News Republican Presidential Debate
The right-wing pundits of Fox News have staged their controversial debate between the top ten potential candidates for the conservativeContinue Reading
Citizen Journalism And Bellingcat
If you are interested in what is commonly known as “citizen journalism“, the internet-invigorated tradition of independent news reporting and analyses coming from individualsContinue Reading
The Blog Awards Ireland 2015
I’ve received several messages from attentive readers in relation to the Blog Awards Ireland 2015, which are now open forContinue Reading
Irish Language Rights Are No Rights At All
Coincidental to the temporary silencing of a compliant Irish press by a billionaire businessman whose past dealings have become mired in controversy,Continue Reading
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
On Thursday the 28th of May the independent TD Catherine Murphy, a recent campaigner against fiscal impropriety and corruption in Irish society, made a contribution to DáilContinue Reading
The So-Called Irish Press
The meaning of the English idiom “so-called” is generally given as, “So named; called by such a name, with a veryContinue Reading
Gene Kerrigan’s MediaBite Interview
MediaBite, a website founded in 2007 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton to analyse the intellectually incestuous group-think of Irish journalism, has an excellent interviewContinue Reading
American Reporting On Ireland Plays Like An Episode Of The Sons Of Anarchy
As feared the short piece on the Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams by 60 Minutes, the primetime current affairs show for the CBSContinue Reading
Gerry Adams, CBS’ 60 Minutes And The Journalism Of Stereotype
I’ve stated before on ASF that the vast majority of “Western” career journalists don’t know their arse from their elbow whenContinue Reading
Irish Journalism On Trial
If you are anything like me you probably enjoyed watching the great and the good of the Irish press corps squirmingContinue Reading
Bill O’Reilly And America’s Reporting Of The Troubles
Do you remember the days when editors and producers working in the newsrooms of New York, Washington or Los AngelesContinue Reading
Irish Troubles – Or “The Get Roy Greenslade” Campaign
Peculiar times in the world of British journalism as the media turns on one of its own with the so-called “revelation” thatContinue Reading
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