So, if you blinked you might have missed it, but BBC Newsnight tonight began its programme with an apology for allegations about oil trader Trafigura that it now retracts. But Newsnight’s original claims were never tested in a court of law: the BBC conceded in the face of Trafigura’s libel action, by agreeing to pay [...]
Tara Brabazon is a lecturer at University of Brighton and has some interesting views on internet tools - she bans her first year students from using (citing, surely??) Google and Wikipedia.
Also, @stephenfry is described as ’sharp as a hashtag’.
Find its presenter @kenanmalik on Twitter.
Worth a ‘Listen Again’.
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