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“OMG! That’s disgusting!” Twitter and Stephen Fry’s ‘free speech’ hypocrisy

By 6000 | 6000 | October 20, 2009

Compare and contrast: Tuesday last week: The Trafiguragate scandal, whereby the multinational company, through solicitors Carter-Ruck, succeeded in blocking The Guardian newspaper from reporting on parliamentary goings-on, only to be forced into retreat when thousands of Twitter users (including Stephen Fry) got hold of the story and blew it wide open – effectively negating the [...]

11 Comments | Tagged carter-ruck, jan moir, stephen fry, trafigura, twitter | Also posted in annoying people, in the news

Harper: “I didn’t say that”

By 6000 | 6000 | October 11, 2009

Following on from my post about the Natalie Morton case - in which a 14-year old girl died from a thoracic tumour, coincidentally on the day that she received the HPV “Cervical Cancer” vaccine, Cervarix – I was surprised (to say the least) to hear that Diane Harper, a woman involved with the development and testing of HPV [...]

5 Comments | Tagged Cervarix, Diane Harper, natalie morton, sunday express, vaccine | Also posted in annoying people, in the news

Damage done

By 6000 | 6000 | October 1, 2009

So Sky News now tell us that 14-year old Natalie Morton died as a result of a “malignant tumour in her chest which affected her heart and lungs” and that her death was “nothing to do with the vaccine that she had at school”. This report is in stark contrast to their previous report which contained the unattributed [...]

10 Comments | Tagged Cervarix, HPV vaccine, natalie morton | Also posted in annoying people, in the news

No words necessary II

By 6000 | 6000 | September 10, 2009

But sometimes rules must be broken and incisive footballing acumen documented: Kevin Miles, of the Football Supporters’ Federation, said: “I feel a mixture of delight and relief, especially after the disappointment of missing out on Euro 2008. “But all the emotions are positive and we have the best chance in years in South Africa. A [...]

7 Comments | Tagged croatia, england, World Cup 2010 | Also posted in World Cup 2010, in the news, sport