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President Sarkozy dans le mer*d!!!

In the truth is stranger than fiction dept, French satirical investigative journalism weekly “ Le Canard Enchaîné ,“ has outed holier-than-thou French president, Nicolas Sarkozy for violating copyright laws. In a stunning display of hypocrisy, the presidential...

Posted Oct 12 2009, 04:45 AM by George Parker with | with 8 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Celebrity, Journalism, Media, OnLine, AdScam, WTF!!! French crazyness

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There’s now't so barmy as politics!

I was a bit gob smacked to read that Tony Blair is likely to be the next head of the European Union… A job that The Times says, no one wants him for. Which means he’ll probably get it. Over here in America, they love him. That’s why Bush gave him the...

Posted Oct 04 2009, 04:53 PM by George Parker with | with 10 comment(s)

Filed under: British Craziness, Bullshit, Celebrity, Financial Advertising, Journalism, US Craziness, WTF!!!, AdScam, BDA's

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I just need $100 million to start this new social network. Trust me, it’s going to be worth billions!

Did you happen to read the amazing interview in Monday’s Wall Street Journal with Jeff Horing, co-founder of Insight Venture Partners, a New York private-equity firm that was the lead investor in Twitter’s third and latest fund-raising round? These are...

Posted Sep 29 2009, 10:29 PM by George Parker with | with 11 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Bullshit, Journalism, Media, On-Line, Social networks, WTF!!!, OnLine, google, Facebook, MySpace, VC morons, Twitter, AdScam

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Rumors, lies, and the blogosphere!

One of the things you have to accept about the Internet in general, and the blogosphere in particular, is that you should only believe about fifty percent of what you read. Traditional newspapers and magazines – Even those aimed at the brain dead people...

Posted Jul 09 2009, 01:44 PM by George Parker with | with 5 comment(s)

Filed under: British Craziness, Bullshit, Journalism, Media, On-Line, US Craziness, WTF!!!, OnLine, AdScam, The Ubiquitous Persuaders

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The future is here… Again!

I was intrigued to read last week that Blackwell's Charing Cross Road branch in London, now has the first example of the “Espresso Book Machine” in the UK. This is the digital one that prints and binds books on demand in five minutes, while customers...

Posted Apr 27 2009, 04:39 AM by George Parker with | with 6 comment(s)

Filed under: Blogging, Journalism, Media, On-Line, Product launches, WTF!!!

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Wired does Britain... Again... Yawn!!!

I was interested, and more than a little mystified to read that more than a ten years after it crashed and burned in a huge pile of flaming debt, WiReD - the magazine aimed at pseudo-tech-geek-wannabe's - is returning to the UK. Publisher Conde Nast...

Posted Jul 07 2008, 02:54 PM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Journalism

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Why the McCanns should cool it!

I must say, I was somewhat stunned to read in today's BrandRepublic that the parents of Madeleine McCann are possibly hiring some big time ex News of the Screws PR guy to handle their "Media Relations." Yes I understand that the UK and a...

Posted Sep 14 2007, 10:54 PM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Journalism

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We'll have none of that Boobs & Bums stuff if you want to get on the "Short List!"

So, I'm reading in the press here , the big news in Britain that someone is coming out next month with yet another "Lad's Mag." Usually these consist of lots of glossy pictures of naked women, sports cars, footballers, great places to...

Posted Aug 14 2007, 04:52 AM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Journalism

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Murdoch pulls a "Moody!"

We're still over fifteen months from the Presidential elections But the bombardment of the American airwaves by political ads is increasing daily. Top that off with the steady stream of so-called "debates," which in reality are merely collections...

Posted Aug 11 2007, 05:09 PM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Journalism

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Letting it all hang out!

Remember when you were a kid and you weren't allowed to look at National Geographic 'cos it had pictures of primitive tribes who often had the bloody nerve to encourage their ladies to walk around without whalebone corsets? Well, now it would...

Posted Jul 22 2007, 11:34 PM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Journalism

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Hold the presses... This just in!

If any of you out there are considering embarking on a career in journalism, you may want to take heed of these words of advice from Craig Newmark…. And who might that be? Only the guy that founded craigslist, which is causing newspaper publishers...

Posted Apr 24 2007, 05:05 AM by George Parker with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Journalism

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The Times Online... Fair and Balanced or Factually Fraught?

One of my pet peeves, as I've posted on before, are people writing about advertising in the main stream media, who obviously have no ide what they are talking about. Today's piece by Dominic Rushe in The Times Online is a perfect example. He's...

Posted Apr 01 2007, 05:49 PM by George Parker with | with 1 comment(s)

Filed under: Journalism

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The Economist sucks up to Shelly. Is this a "Poisoned Dwarf" plot?

I had to laugh when reading a recent issue of “The Economist,” which, having worked on the account, I can tell you it should be referred to as a “Newspaper.” Never as a Magazine. Anyway, there was a piece on Shelley Lazarus, the...

Posted Mar 12 2007, 12:00 AM by George Parker with | with no comments

Filed under: Journalism

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President Sarkozy dans le mer*d!!!

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There’s now't so barmy as politics!

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I just need $100 million to start this new social network. Trust me, it’s going to be worth billions!

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Rumors, lies, and the blogosphere!

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The future is here… Again!

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Wired does Britain... Again... Yawn!!!

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Why the McCanns should cool it!

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We'll have none of that Boobs & Bums stuff if you want to get on the "Short List!"

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Murdoch pulls a "Moody!"

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Letting it all hang out!

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Hold the presses... This just in!

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The Times Online... Fair and Balanced or Factually Fraught?

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The Economist sucks up to Shelly. Is this a "Poisoned Dwarf" plot?