I don’t very often rage at the telly: living-room rage is even worse for the heart than its road equivalent. This is mostly because there are far more opportunities for outrage coming from the goggle-box than anything my fellow motorists ever do. Last night, however, I had a little tantrum at an incident broadcast on [...]
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Shut it, fatty–this is an intelligent debate
Posted: 6th March 2012 by Martyn in Democracy - the End, Feminism, Left of Center Politics, Mushroom Theory, Politics, Tory LiarsTags: Digby Jones, DOES, ITV, Lord Digby Jones, Mariella Frostrup, Rachel Sylvester, Straw Man, Tom Bradby, TV
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Why should the BBC pay its own way?
Posted: 10th July 2010 by Martyn in Britain - the great, Capitalism - the End, Digital Britain, Industrial Relations, Mushroom Theory, PoliticsTags: BBC, bbcbroadcastinghouse, British Gas, British Telecom, Broadcasting House, Building Societies, caption, cost, day, does-bbc-pay-for-programmes, government, happy, Internet, Internet Advertising, ITV, Licence Fee, lie, SKY, TV, who-get-the-most-revenue-sky-or-bbc1
There’s an idea being floated in the ranks of power that the BBC should be made to pay its own way. The concept is that through its own endeavours, the BBC should fund its activities and perform as a commercial organisation would have to. I disagree and I’ll tell you why. If the BBC had [...]
Why Farrah Fawcett’s death is sadder than Jacko’s
Posted: 26th June 2009 by Martyn in Film stars, MILFsTags: Aaron Spelling, caption, Charlie Angels, crime, death, Estados Unidos, fantasy girl, Farrah Fawcett, FILF, Golden Globe, Gore Vidal, James Fawcett, James Orr, Lee Majors, Logan Run, Los Angeles, Myra Breckinridge, Pauline Evans, Robert Duvall, Ryan, TV, unrequited love
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