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Nominations for BIGGEST POLITICAL HYPOCRITE OF THE YEAR awards 2016

December 23, 2016

It’s here! The opportunity to cast your vote for the person or persons most responsible for the brutal death of …

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Letter of complaint to IPSO about the Sun and Mail disrespecting Britain’s war dead on Remembrance Sunday

December 21, 2016

UPDATE: Surprise surprise – IPSO, the Mail and the Sun refuse to consider the complaint. See email at bottom. Independent …

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Bye bye Murdoch – how you can help set-up a media revolution in the UK

November 14, 2016

Our media is not fit for purpose. More than ever we need an independent media in this country – to help …

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New chair of parliamentary committee overseeing UK press in the pay of Rupert Murdoch?

November 7, 2016

The new chair of the parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee is Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe Damian Collins: …

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Sun hack who called for firing of Gary Lineker has criminal conviction in phone hacking case

October 24, 2016

In 2012, Sun journalist Nick Parker was given a 3 month prison sentence for receiving a stolen and hacked mobile phone: Sun …

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UK press ignore shocking survey showing 76% of UK CEOs mulling moving HQs abroad after Brexit

September 26, 2016

As another example of how the Brexit result was not a vote against the establishment but actually a vote organised …

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Press freedom: UK ranked below Tonga, Lithuania and Ghana in new report

April 20, 2016

This is shameful. The new 2016 rankings – compiled every year by Reporters Without Borders – show the UK is …

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The Sun re-employs disgraced journalist branded ‘Bigot of the Year’ by mental health charity

February 15, 2016

A couple of days ago, the Sun ran a story – story being the operative word here – about a pub …

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Murdoch’s Fox censors plus-size models but shows murder of Jordanian pilot

February 4, 2015

(not satire – it’s Rupert Murdoch!) The Times, Sun and Sky owner Rupert Murdoch’s US TV channel Fox has controversially …

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Labour on back foot as Osborne boosts UK economy by including Monopoly money in GDP figures

February 3, 2015

(satire?) BREAKING – boost to UK economy as George Osborne announces Monopoly money to be included in GDP figures From …

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Katie Hopkins and Jeremy Clarkson to leave The Sun after newspaper drops tits from its pages

January 20, 2015

(satire?) In a surprise move, columnists Jeremy Clarkson and Katie Hopkins have been dropped by the Sun after the newspaper’s owner …

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Murdoch blames devastating attacks in Manchester on suspected Muslim footballers

January 11, 2015

(satire?) News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has blamed a series of devastating attacks in Manchester on a suspected Muslim convert …

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Snow storms hit UK after Nigel Farage given ‘Briton of the Year’ award

December 27, 2014

(satire?) Snow storms have caused travel chaos across the country leaving many people stranded after The Times newspaper announced it was awarding …

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Sick Murdoch ‘celebrates’ end of bloody siege by congratulating his own newspaper

December 16, 2014

(not satire – it’s Rupert Murdoch!) Rupert Murdoch was clearly so overcome with emotion when he heard that two hostages had died as …

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Climate change denier Matt Ridley is a failed banker, not a climate scientist

December 13, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!)  Rupert Murdoch’s favourite climate change denier, Times columnist Matt Ridley, is not a climate scientist. …

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Murdoch’s Sun bought name and home address of rape complainant

December 4, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK press!) (not satire – it’s the UK tabloid press!) In the UK, rape complainants …

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UK government shuts down free speech with threats of jail (tabloid newspapers exempted)

October 19, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) When government ministers or members of the establishment talk about free speech, they …

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Unpopular Tory government goes to war just before election. Sound familiar?

September 25, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Eight months before a general election, an unpopular Tory government – supported by a rabidly …

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Epic fail as Murdoch’s Times gets its Sunnis and Shias mixed up

July 10, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Murdoch press) The Times Foreign Correspondent Tom Coghlan recently wrote an article accompanied by a photograph which purported …

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Why do I get trolled most of all when I criticise the UK mainstream media?

June 22, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK press) Contrary to popular belief, I’m much more of a cock-up and cover-up man …

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Not only Miliband, but Clegg and Cameron posed with the Sun too

June 13, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) From a lot of the press coverage, you’d think it was only Labour …

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Merseyside postal workers boycott Sun World Cup campaign

June 8, 2014

(not satire) Royal Mail postal workers in Merseyside are risking the sack by refusing to deliver copies of the Sun …

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EXCLUSIVE! Leaked phone call between Nick Clegg and Rupert Murdoch revealed!

February 20, 2014

(Satire?) EXCLUSIVE TO PRIDE’S PURGE! Our fearless reporter, Tom Pride, has managed to hack into Rupert Murdoch’s private cell phone …

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The Sun sends page 3 girl and 4 cans of lager to help flooded Somerset village (not satire!)

January 8, 2014

(not satire – it’s Rupert Murdoch!) I promise you this is completely true. Residents of a flooded village in Somerset …

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The Sun apologises to MP for calling her lazy while she was on maternity leave

December 14, 2013

(not satire – it’s Murdoch’s hacks) The Sun included Labour MP for Manchester Central Lucy Powell in its list of ’10 …

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BAE announce plans to create 1,775 workshy, feckless, benefit cheats

November 7, 2013

(satire?) BAE Systems is to create 1,775 benefits cheats at its yards in Scotland and England and end responsible taxpaying altogether …

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Are Cameron’s attacks on the Guardian revenge for his friends’ present legal difficulties?

November 1, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK today) I’m not usually one to go out of my way to defend the …

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REVEALED – the criteria for potential jurors in the Brooks/Coulson trial

October 30, 2013

(satire?) In order to avoid bias against the defendants, the judge in the Brooks/Coulson trial has set strict criteria for potential …

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Media storm brewing over Old Bailey expected to bring mass blackouts of memory

October 28, 2013

(satire?) Chaos in Chipping Norton as storm lashes residents Forecasters predict the massive media storm brewing today over the Old …

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Special guest post by Dan Hodges – a cuckoo Blairite in a well-feathered nest

August 21, 2013

(satire?) My 6-Point Plan For Labour To Win The Next Election by Dan Hodges 1) First of all, Labour needs …

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