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Sasha Martinengo to leave 5fm – The (un)official press release

By 6000 | 6000 | February 8, 2012

There was much chatter yesterday on the social networks and then today came the confirmation that DJ Sasha Martinengo will be leaving 5FM at the end of March, after being with the station for 17 years. Here’s what their press release said (sort of): 5FM is sad to announce that, after 17 years on air, [...]

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Recursive self destruction

By 6000 | 6000 | February 7, 2012

I loved Charlie Brooker’s column in Guardian this past weekend, detailing what came to pass when that bast… ion of quality journalism and long-time favourite newspaper of this blog, the Daily Mail, published a story alleging that right-wingers are less intelligent than left-wingers. Despite their disclaimer, labelling the study as “controversial”, what followed – as Brooker points [...]

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Not worth waiting for…

By 6000 | 6000 | February 1, 2012

James Lech has finally released “Part 1″ of his statement on the “incident” on Clifton beach. You can read it here, nestled neatly below an ad for yet another Pack Walk – this time in the Full Moon (rather you than me) – and a recipe for completely harmless Raw Cauliflower, Cashew and Chilli Mash. That said, [...]

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By 6000 | 6000 | January 26, 2012

15 days on from the incident and shamed “shaman” James Lech still hasn’t released his statement detailing his version of events when of the dogs he was walking illegally on Clifton beach attacked a two-year old girl. A post on his blog from 20th January states: We are still awaiting information from 3rd parties. It [...]

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Not looking twice…

By 6000 | 6000 | January 24, 2012

Oh dear. The DA Student Organisation have launched a new poster campaign – “in OUR future, you wouldn’t look twice” – and SA has gone utterly mental over the first release. The general reaction has been rather depressing to read, from accusations that it is racist, to complaints that the poster promotes sex, to terrifying [...]

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