Category: Mediawatch
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Fo & Disinformation
We’ve had a busy day here in Luxemsnow. In lieu of the daily post I’m sharing an old video of Dario Fo describing the current society of “disinformation”. Normal service will be resumed shortly. “Non si va mai a delle cose vitali…” An early lament on the death of investigative journalism.
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Dalli vs The Times (and the sidekick)
It’s interesting how on the day I put in context DCG’s mid-week comments on “fish-pondism”, the Times gives us a particular example of their attempts at creating their own fish-pond news. I don’t know why they bothered with an article entitled “Dalli speaks of Brussels term as four year sentence”: I mean the title would have…
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Live Now on Radju Malta
If you’ve tuned in to this blog on Saturday morning (27/11) between 9 and 10 am then you would do well to turn on, tune in and cop out. J’accuse goes live on Andrew Azzopardi’s talk show on Radju Malta at this very instant. Together with other guest speakers Alex Grech and Pamela Hansen Philip Bonanno,…
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Coke: Cheaper for the recession
More baffling info from the newsdesks. In case the junkies and addicts of this world were not up to scratch on the latest Drug Price Index, MaltaToday gallantly informed its readers that the street price of cocaine has gone down. To be honest I’d be worried if they knew of any other price than the…
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Salaries and Salary Caps
In times of recession it is inevitable that the issue of wages and salaries bounce to the forefront of the news. Whether it is the Italian Footballer’s Association and its negotiations for a collective contract (a uniform style contract) or whether it is politicians and their pay-cheques, the levels of happiness/unhappiness are exacerbated via a…
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Saudade
There are days when I miss my hometown. This would not be one of them.