Top Stories and blog Review - 30th Oct


by Lee Griffin    
October 30, 2008 at 11:49 am

Darling: Give us cheap petrol

And more…
House prices fall 14.6% amid 34-year sales slump
Obama shakes up Georgia’s Senate race
Jonathan Ross’s BBC career on the line as BBC committee meets

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Lee Griffin

So…Russell Brand prank calls an old guy, during a near recession, and it’s the PM and Leader of the Opposition’s job to wade in, sparking the BBC to suspend him, because of days of front page tabloid over-reaction. Hoax call a police force on the other hand and you get little more than slight coverage in the tabloids. I despair, as such here are my highly subjective links for the day…

5CC explains just how this Russel Brand story pervades in the Mail, while hoaxing the police (another publicly funded organisation) doesn’t get half the attention.

Septicisle continues on yesterdays analysis of the situation in the papers, even the Guardian is being bat-shit crazy over all of this…

Clawsfour thinks people are further getting their priorities mixed up when stating this “gag” is a perversion of the freedom of speech.

Wouldn’t it be scarier baffles at the numbers of complaints for this stunt, but more at the masochistic ends to which people endure to justify their complaints.

Pooter Geek on the benefits of a proper and nonsense free apology.

Wongablog provides us with our much needed light relief today.

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     Aaron Heath

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Considering Alistair Darling “controls” the greatest proportion of the cost of fuel, he’s got some nerve to be taking these sort of cheap, populist positions.

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     Jennie Rigg

It’s times like this when I’m glad to be a Doctor Who fan. I can now ignore all the Brand/Ross bollocks because there is MUCH more important news… ;)

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Pah!

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