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Category Archives: media
Whose Country, Whose Call?
This is more a question for the media, who have once again embraced the chance to print a ‘good news’ story. Just in case someone would like to run against the grain (and aren’t turned down by their editors when … Continue reading
Your Country, Your Call: A Tuppenceworth Perfect Storm
Your Country, Your Call launched a week ago. Its self description “a competition to ignite your imagination and reward your thinking” might have you scratching your head. Didn’t we already go though exactly this already? The Ideas Campaign was an … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Politics, media
Tagged #ycyc, ff, magicalthinking, media, PR, yrcountryyrcall
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Your Country, Your Call: 1st Week Greatest Hits
1. Proposal: Introduce a policy of deliberate Professional Negligence in Criminal Defence. 2. Proposal: “The voting process will become a mere formality to sustain our sense of democracy”. Sold! 3. Proposal: “It would be a good idea for Europe to … Continue reading
My Liveblogged Year, Part One
As a medium, liveblogging is still only a shadow of what it could be. But even still, the faint sketched in lines are becoming clear. And, as usually happens with an internet technology, I think the real impact of liveblogging will be felt in places the inventors didn’t expect. Continue reading
Posted in Irish Politics, media, newsbox, VoteTube
Tagged election.ie, ireland, irishelection.ie, liveblog, liveblog.ie, scribblelive
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To Breda O’Brien: A Comment
My response to her column, which exceeds the 3000 character limit set by the Irish Times for comments, follows. I have numbered the paragraphs of Ms. O’Brien’s article for ease of reference; Continue reading