Category Archives: in the news

Not an April Fool

By 6000 | 6000 | April 3, 2012

I seriously thought this was an April Fool, but it’s two days too late. This has been all over the UK internet already, but I thought I should share it with my SA readers. And yes, I know. It’s from the Daily Mail – 6000 miles… favourite paper. But it still left me incredulous. On a recent [...]

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Credibility issues

By 6000 | 6000 | March 29, 2012

As Sarah Britten penned an article documenting Helen Zille’s slow but steady meltdown on Twitter and with political commentator Eusebius McKaiser even suggesting: For its own sake, the DA might need a new leader. suddenly the rug has been smartly pulled from beneath DA supporters’ feet, as their previously solid and reliable leader seems almost to be [...]

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Things you should read

By 6000 | 6000 | March 28, 2012

AGAIN… not much time tonight (cue groans of happiness from the 6000 miles… reader collective). But, rather than a quota photo, some reading material for you, since there’s not ever so much here: Firstly, this, from the Independent, via my Dad: Meet the Geordie who led Benfica to three league titles When the great Eusebio [...]

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Feeling cheated…?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 27, 2012

I’m told by a usually reliable source that some readers feel cheated when they surf the internet and arrive upon the sandy shores of 6000 miles… only to find that a quota photo. Well… sorry for you. Hectic day in the lab, babysitting this evening, football match tonight. So here’s a sunrise that looks uncannily [...]

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ASA ruling against Red Bull – those complaints in full

By 6000 | 6000 | March 26, 2012

I really don’t want to get into this, but I absolutely had to share the complaints against the Red Bull “Jesus walks on water ad” (you can watch it here), as submitted to the SA ASA. It’s comedy gold! COMPLAINTS The complainant submitted, in essence, that: The commercial is offensive as it makes a mockery [...]

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