http://www.poachedonline.co.uk news, current affairs & political comment: no eggs Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:07:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To all media critics out there, I'm investigating the impact on journalism of professional journos being asked to blog as well as write for the more traditional channels. Give me your thoughts on everything from the affects on 'impartiality' to audience. And please feel free to quote your favourite theorists on the ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2009/08/10/what-impact-do-blogging-journalists-have-on-journalism/ Ian Tomlinson died during the G20 protests in London at which he was an innocent by-stander. The Metropolitan Police at first tried to cover up their involvement in the death of an otherwise healthy man by saying Mr Tomlinson had had a heart attack, unrelated to the serious head ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2009/04/07/hate-police-every-chance-you-get-murder-httpwwwguardiancoukukblog2009apr07g20-protest-death-police-assault/ The lost art of keeping a secret, rediscovered - politics.co.uk By Laura Miller. George Osborne skipped up onto the stage at the Policy Centre full of the joys of a man who can say what he likes about "effective economic ... www.politics.co.uk/analysis/economy-and-finance/the-lost-art-keeping-secret-rediscovered--$1259709.htm Profile: Kenneth Clarke - politics.co.uk By Laura Miller. Former chancellor and ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2009/01/11/articles-ive-been-writing-for-politicscouk/ CleverZebra, a company that, "advises its members on the use of virtual worlds technologies within enterprise", thinks so; its website asks coolly, "Why fly when you can teleport?", as if reality has become a bit of a bother. Virtual worlds are helpfully exempt from the realities of death and taxes, ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2008/10/04/virtual-networking-meet-greet-or-love-me-leave-me/ The joke is part of American comedian Emo Phillips' stand-up. It is a papraprosdokian, Greek for 'beyond expectation'; an ostensibly innocuous build up guides us in, a sinister punchline swings out of a shadowy corner. Known in comedy circuits as the 'garden path gag' its a favourite amongst satirists, and ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2008/09/23/banks-we-will-steal-from-you/ This must be a liberal blog, you're thinking; three lines in and there’s unequivocal indecisiveness. Well by that mark, the Republican Party are going liberal too. At least on some things. Like teen pregnancy. Conveniently. Tuesday’s papers reported how party supporters - dominated by the religious right who preach no ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2008/09/07/why-cant-we-mention-that-sarah-palins-daughter-got-preggers-and-isnt-getting-rid/ OK, so it was opening night, making nerves as natural as overpriced drinks at the theatre bar. The crowd could not have been more supportive, though. Laughter and applause interrupted Dan Gordon's stage version of Barry Morrow & Ronald Bass' 1988 Oscar winner Rain Main in places it perhaps really ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2008/09/02/rain-man-needs-more-fire/ Of the top five most used phrases before I left Lampeter - a hill enclosed town in West Wales - for London, four included the words ‘careful' and ‘dangerous'. Unsurprising perhaps, in light of recently released Home Office figures in which, at 124 offences per 1000 people in 2006/7, London ... http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2008/07/20/love-thy-neighbourliness-if-not-thy-neighbour/ Hypocritical, us? http://www.poachedonline.co.uk/2008/07/20/human-rights-champions/