Month August 2003

BBC launches public attack on…

BBC launches public attack on Rupert Murdoch ‘imperialism’ The controller of BBC1 launched an unprecedented attack on Rupert Murdoch yesterday, calling the media billionaire a “capital imperialist” who wants to destabilise the corporation because he “is against everything the BBC…

You just can’t make this…

You just can’t make this stuff up Black patient offered white limb. A black woman having her foot amputated is told she would be given a white prosthetic replacement because it would be cheaper.

BBC plans to put entire…

BBC plans to put entire archive online – for free What a wonderful idea! The Beeb, the pre-eminent news source on the planet, is putting put their entire archives, past, present and future, online for anyone to use for free for non-commercial…

L.A Times poll shows Bustamante…

 L.A Times poll shows Bustamante way ahead of Schwarzenegger Cruz has 35% followed by Arnold at 22%. Other mainstream Republicans include McClintock at 12%, Ueberroth 7%, and Simon (who just dropped out) 6%. So, technically, if they all dropped out, Schwarzenneger…