September 2011
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“Nobody will pick them from the doormat wondering how the world has changed from...”
– This quote, by veteran British newspaper man Ian Jack, is, of course, about newspapers. Much has been written about the possible demise of the print medium, which has been the source of some of the best journalism in the history of the news industry.
Jack’s op-ed in The Guardian is worth a...
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Remembering September 11, 2001
I was watching the BBC’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States an hour ago when they replayed the start of the “10 O’Clock News” in Britain, which of course led with footage of the Twin Towers collapsing.
I realised how difficult it was (for me at least) to revisit the early horror and shock of what had just unfolded on...
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