Balance is a media myth
Absolutely spot on piece in the Irish Times by John Gibbons. There's no more need to give credence to someone who denies global warming or MMR without evidence, than to someone who denies the moon landings or Elvis's death.
Commentators thus feel free to “pick a result from anywhere you like, and if it suits your agenda, then that’s that: nobody can take it away from you with their clever words because it’s all just game-playing, it just depends on who you ask”.
This may be harmless fun when it comes to Elvis sightings, but in the teeth of humanity’s profoundest existential crisis in 100 centuries, misleading the public is reckless. The real purpose of the scientific method, according to author Robert Pirsig, “is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know”.
Full piece here.
Surrender at The Roundabout in High Wycombe
Surrender at the Roundabout in High Wycombe, with The Sceptres and Can't Relate. 15th June 2009.
T.I.T.S. at the Cowley Club in Brighton
T.I.T.S. at the Cowley Club in Brighton, with The Sceptres. 13th June 2009.
Hard Skin at the Face Bar in Reading
Hard Skin, The Shitty Limits and The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the Face Bar in Reading. 11th June 2009.
iPlayer: July 23rd – banking, organs and laughs.
Some recommendations from yesterday's radio schedule. Variety of topics.
Going through the day, these are worth listening to in the next week.
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- T-Mobile G2 comes out from hiding, pre-orders begin later this month
- T-Mobile G2 Is Designed With Google Voice and HSPA+ in Mind [Tmobile]
- Microsoft's Legal Team Slays Botnets [Microsoft]
- MacBook Cutting Board is Definitely Solid State [Homemod]
- USB 3.0 Hard Drives So Fast and Small That Even a Monkey Wants Them [LaCie]