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Mark Steel on the reporting of Michael Jackson’s death

On July 1 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

Within minutes of the first reports, it was clear the world was going mad. The reporter on Radio 5 Live told us the news from Los Angeles “was truly a JFK moment”. Because the sense of shock and grief were identical, in one case millions feeling a new era of civil rights and peace had [...]

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We are the angry mob

On November 21 2008 · 1 Comment · In Diary

I am constantly bewildered by what passes for news right now, finding myself harrumphing in my chair in disbelief at what I’m being told. My grandfather used to do it. Sat in his armchair he’d harrumph and grumble at the news of the latest criminal acts, once suggesting that “they should all be sent to [...]

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