Hindustan Times
Should newspapers hire private detectives? Is it legitimate to tap telephones in search of a story?
I ask because these questions have featured in media debates in the UK over the last month. The peg for the discussions was the revelation by The Guardian that some of Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers have long paid private investigators to do their snooping for them. Read more
(24 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged illegal wire taps, newspapers, private detectives, Private investigators, tapping telephones
Is the tide turning for TV hosts? There was a time when they were regarded as icons, as role models and widely admired. Now, they are reviled in postings on the net, routinely sent-up and ridiculed and frequently, the subject of internet hate groups. Read more
(29 votes, average: 4.62 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged internet hate groups, pompous, shouting at the camera, too full of themselves, TV hosts
I don’t know if you’ve seen the movie Man Of The Year, staring Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Linney. It came out at least a couple of years ago and was about a Jon Stewart-type talk show host who becomes President of the US thanks to a computer error. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.27 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Filed under HT Blogs · Tagged hindu, historian, homosexuality, Second World War, Section 377, studio, television, TV
A friend showed me his Kindle reader on Sunday. I had heard about Kindle of course but had not actually seen one. And even though I get slightly resentful when new technology threatens my comfort zone, I had to agree that there was little doubt that it would catch on. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.73 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged good bookshop, Kindle, money, romantic
