Posts Tagged ‘media’

Most bizarre headline ever?

Most bizarre headline ever?

If this didn’t betray a deep and disturbing level of homophobia and a major invasion of privacy, it would be funny. Courtesy of the Sunday Pepper – a Ugandan newspaper. [Continue]

Tweeting the Revolution…Roger Waters needs a re-write

Tweeting the Revolution…Roger Waters needs a re-write

I’m a relative newcomer to the Twitstream. Usually a rapid adopter of new technologies, I’m not sure why it took me so long to get my head around the value of Tweets. I half-heartedly opened an account a few months back, but it has only been in the last week or two that I’ve become [Continue]

Ooops….Weekender makes wrong results call

Ooops….Weekender makes wrong results call

Possibly the most famous newspaper headline blunder was made by the Chicago Tribune of 3 November 3 1948, which bannered “Dewey Defeats Truman”. When the decision to print the paper was made, returns from the US election were coming in very slowly and time was running out before the deadline for the edition. The Tribune [Continue]

Elections 2009: How did the media fare?

Elections 2009: How did the media fare?

So it is the evening after election day. Like millions of others, I am curious about the results – having queued at Home Affairs for three hours to get a temporary ID, then another two hours at the polling station to actually make my mark, I feel sort of part and parcel of the process. [Continue]