April 14, 2014
by Nosemonkey
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An email comes in – I thought I may as well turn the response into a post: “I’m a journalism student working on an article about British press coverage of the EU. I’m particularly interested in the spiral of scant … Continue reading
March 1, 2014
by Nosemonkey
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Good stuff. Only thing I’d add is a general attack on a whole load of journalists and news organisations who should have known better than to repeat unverified information and allegations from blatantly biased sources (on both sides) in an … Continue reading
January 23, 2014
by Nosemonkey
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The pictures coming out of Kiev yesterday (decent galley here) gave me – and no doubt plenty of others – a bit of a flashback to November/December 2004’s Orange Revolution. The riots are in protest against the same president and … Continue reading
January 6, 2014
by Nosemonkey
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The lack of a clear public sphere or demos across the EU has long been used as a stick to beat down any suggestion that there could one day be proper pan-European democracy, as well as to decry the EU’s … Continue reading
January 15, 2011
by Nosemonkey
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I won it last year – there’s no reason why (if you have a blog on EU affairs) you couldn’t win it this year. From the press release: The European Parliament Prize for Journalism will be awarded for the fourth … Continue reading
December 31, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Sorry – no time to write up yet, so beneath the fold are the videos of the event I spoke at earlier this month, looking at how the EU is portrayed in the British media and blogs. The first panel … Continue reading
December 3, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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As long-time readers will know, one of this blog’s lasting obsessions is the portrayal of the EU in the British media. Hell, the rampant bias and distortions (from both the pro- and the anti- camps) were pretty much what got … Continue reading
October 16, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Some thoughts… Continue reading
July 1, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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Following the nonsense over the EU banning selling eggs by number, many have seized on the anonymous Food Standards Agency spokeswoman quoted by the Mail on Sunday as saying “This proposal would disallow selling by numbers. Retailers would not be … Continue reading
June 29, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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So, the EU is apparently planning to make it illegal to sell eggs by the dozen… “Utter madness!”, you cry. “How could anyone possibly be so stupid?” Continue reading
March 29, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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It’s worth remembering this – no one understands the EU. No one *can* understand the EU. Continue reading
January 21, 2010
by Nosemonkey
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As such, a letter just sent to Private Eye (aimed at that publication’s always entertaining Pedantry Corner): In Eye 1254, Brussels Sprouts begins with “The new EU Spanish presidency (not to be confused with the EU’s first actual president, Herman … Continue reading
June 17, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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The artificial binary confrontation between pro- and anti-EU opinion is preventing sensible discussion of the EU and its problems Continue reading
June 13, 2009
by Nosemonkey
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Indecision 2009 – Everywhere but Here Edition thedailyshow.com Jon Stewart’s take on the European Parliament is, it must be said, pretty much spot on…