Who will be the first lefty to condemn the “murder” of Osama bin Laden? Odds as follows: George Galloway – evens Noam Chomsky – 4/1 Glenn Greenwald – 5/1 Alex Callinicos – 9/2 Robert Fisk – 12/1 Johann Hari – 20/1 Nick Griffin – 1000/1 As David Aaranovitch observed earlier: “Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has [...]
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When will they learn? Defence Review speech is latest victim of telephoto lenses
David Cameron has become at least the fifth senior public figure to have private documents revealed by news photographers since May 2008. The prime minister was photographed holding a copy of his defence review speech which appeared to suggest that the budget has been cut by 6% less than expected. The repetitive nature of the error [...]
Pawns in the game: The Sun has form for putting words in people's mouths (whether they agree to it or not)
The point when your newspaper outflanks Nadine Dorries is arguably a good one to pause for reflection. Opinion appears to be crystallising around the view that The Sun newspaper’s coverage of the prime minister’s so-called “insulting” letter of condolence to the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan has rather less to do with that conflict and ‘our [...]
