So what next after Sarah Palin shoots herself – in the foot?
Yazan: sarabedford | 03 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, USA
So Sarah Palin is resigning as Governor of Alaska. Why? This announcement seems to have really caught the media on the hop – let’s hope that she didn’t shoot them in the foot too! So why has she done it? The interview that she gave announcing her departure proved that she was not intending to [...]
BBC 'impartiality' – Obama's inauguration speech 'misrecorded'
Yazan: sarabedford | 29 January 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Barack Obama, BBC
The BBC has been accused of inserting one part of Barack Obama’s Inauguration Speech into an earlier paragraph in order to strengthen its credentials on global warming. The broadcast by BBC Newsnight’s science editor Susan Watts, has caused outrage on her blog and brought back memories of the ‘Crowngate’ row in 2007, where a documentary about [...]
Does colour matter to children?
Yazan: sarabedford | 05 January 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: television
A number of bloggers have expressed disappointment that the new Dr. Who isn’t black. Although I was impressed by the credentials of the bookies’ favourite Patterson Joseph, I rather liked the thought of a moody David Harewood (co-incidentally also in ‘Ruby in the Smoke’ with Matt Smith). And whilst taking the point of James Graham [...]
Happy Birthday, Mr President to be*
Yazan: sarabedford | 04 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Barack Obama, USA
Today is Barack Obama’s 47th birthday. I have admired him since, prompted by an article in the FT two years ago, I read ‘The Audacity of Hope’. I have never before been captivated by charisma or image in a politician, but there is something about Obama that I find uplifting, exciting and motivating. So I hope [...]
