June 2009
132 posts
“Journalism is just an infinitely more intricate and democratic procedure than it...”
– Jon Snow, in a speech to the Association for Journalism Education.
RT @ourman Worst Daily Mail poll ever. Vote yes to skew the results and pass it on http://bit.ly/w4b6Q
Worst headline/teaser combo from the BBC: “When pilots die - Co-pilots are there to take over, says safety expert.” No sh*t, Sherlock!
I bloomin’ love this guy… RT @charlottecook Incredible poster for the new Paul Giamatti film Cold Souls - http://bit.ly/19fq4a
Great news! RT @rooreynolds Adam Curtis has a blog: http://bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis - oh yes. Launched today.
Apologies to @morgansdogs and @schachin for not replying sooner - didn’t see your messages. I take back what I said about #CNNfail!
“Welcome to the new politics of the 21st century”. Amid all the awful analysis, Tim Garton Ash writes well on Iran http://tinyurl.com/1645ag
Not to accuse The Times of plagiarism, but today’s cartoon (http://is.gd/157RX) is suspiciously like this ad from ISHR: http://is.gd/14BhJ
British ambassador in Beirut meets Hezbollah rep today to discuss the group’s ‘vision for the future’. Would love to be a fly on the wall…
Right, I’m off to make the most of Lebanon’s superior dental care. Wish me luck…
third attempt at getting my passport back from Lebanon security department fails. told “not today”. am I the next Israeli spy to be outed?!
ha! RT @jeremyscahill Fuck Thomas Friedman: “Is Twitter to Iranian moderates what muezzins were to Iranian mullahs?” http://bit.ly/jihb1
Great idea… RT @drewbroomhall Always wanted an app that tells me about gigs based on my music collection @songkick http://www.songkick.com
Nasrallah on Hezbollah: “Yes, we feared winning in the elections” http://tinyurl.com/n8cyn7
Great news. Congratulations @kenyanpundit and co. RT @ushahidi Ushahidi wins a Knight News Challenge grant! http://bit.ly/19E1lI
Genius, pure genius. For the best guide to Lebanese politics turn to @qifanabki http://tinyurl.com/qnleb1 (via @fustat)
Jeeeez. Nasrallah: “Reports saying that $750m were spent to bring expatriates home to vote is true” http://tinyurl.com/n8cyn7 (via @monajem)
A little break from the revolution… “A New York man has been arrested for impersonating his dead mother” http://tinyurl.com/laeuo7
This is great. Show some faith in me and click the link… RT @unikrm What’s an authoritarian afraid of? http://is.gd/14BhJ #iranelections
finally got access to my original flickr account. will upload all pics I’ve taken in Lebanon so far. and you can have flickr contacts now?!
RT @paulwaugh Wow. Guardian council in Iran say they will recount the votes. #iranelection
Revolution (?) in Iran…while in Lebanon: “Despite popularity in West, bagels reach limited Beirut audience” http://tinyurl.com/loc6xj
“Maps are like milk: their information is perishable” RT @patrickmeier: How to Lie with Maps http://tinyurl.com/maplies (via @sharek961)
please don’t talk about curry @adamblenford and @petermoore - so far it’s the only thing that makes me homesick. which is quite weird.
trying to sort out my pictures. if you use flickr and can be bothered, add me as a contact! http://www.flickr.com/people/mikewhills/
many thanks to @5thEstate, @lozah and @Zeinobia for your translations. one day (soon, I hope…) I’ll be able to do it myself, inshallah!
NOWLebanon: “Reports of Hamas security forces uncovering a plot to assassinate former US President Jimmy Carter in Gaza.” Wtf?!
calling all Arabic speakers: can you tell me what this poster’s about? was all over Hamra just before election day http://tinyurl.com/l8oojz
why is BBC World interviewing an ‘Iranian living in London’ about the protests?! and guess what, she’s pro-Mousavi! now there’s a shock…
This marks the change from tribal to terrorist kidnappings in Yemen. AP reporting bodies of 3 German women were mutilated. #yemen
AFP reporting all seven hostages killed. Official: “We have found the corpses of seven people who were kidnapped” #yemen
Apologies… AFP reporting seven out of nine hostages have been killed. #yemen
Interesting article in the NYT on freelancers - A world of risk for a new brand of journalist - http://bit.ly/ieJN6 (RT @frontlineblog)
Breaking news: at least 3 hostages in Yemen found dead. Looks like the normal rules of kidnapping there have been broken. #yemen
Interesting article from Peter Preston at The Guardian: talking to terrorists & the ethics of source protection http://tinyurl.com/oxyx2n
Not surprising after Yemen’s government released nearly 200 militants with links to al Qaeda for good behaviour http://tinyurl.com/yemen-aq