Christ, the level of paranoia those relationships might generate doesn't bear thinking about...
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- The House with the Golden Windows
- Fast falling out of love for football.
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You just can't keep a good man down, can you?
Abba's Money Money Money, Eurythmics' Would I Lie To You and Destiny's Child's Survivor are on the playlist for a radio station set up by Noel Edmonds to get back at Lloyds Bank.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42963128
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Oh, indeed. And worldwide. I wasn't making the mistake of confusing the makers of 'inspirational thoughts' graphics with profound thinkers, needless to say.
It's almost magnificent in its breathtaking stupidity, mind. The combination of so perfectly misattributing the quotation, the inappropriateness of those sentiments to 'inspirational' use regardless, and the heroically clichéd backdrop of crashing waves and misty horizon all add up to something almost transcendentally vacuous. I'd find it hard to better that if I tried.
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Do we have a general journalism thread? Regardless, this is pretty WTF:
Note from the Editors: As we were reporting this story, Newsweek Media Group fired Newsweek Editor Bob Roe, Executive Editor Ken Li and Senior Politics Reporter Celeste Katz for doing their jobs. Reporters Josh Keefe and Josh Saul were targeted for firing before an editor persuaded the company to reverse its decision. As we continued working on the story, we were asked to take part in a review process, which, we ultimately learned, involved egregious breaches of confidentiality and journalism ethics. We believe that subjects of the story were shown parts of the draft, if not the entire piece, prior to publication by a company executive who should not have been involved in the process. At an on-the-record interview with the subjects of this story, a company official asked editors to identify confidential sources. On-the-record sources were contacted and questioned about their discussions with Newsweek Media Group reporters. We resisted their efforts to influence the story and, after learning of the review’s ethical failings, the reporters and editors involved in this story felt they would be forced to resign. At that point, a senior Newsweek Media Group executive said the company's owners would ensure independent review and newsroom autonomy going forward. This story was written and edited Tuesday, free of interference from company executives.
Signed: Dayan Candappa, Nancy Cooper, Cristina Silva, Ross
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One time OTFer, Rod Liddle is doing a show at the London Palladium: blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/for-one-night-only-rod-liddle-at-the-london-palladium/. There are genuinely people who will pay money for this.
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Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
Et, and indeed, cetera.
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