Out West

September 28, 2007

Burma blogs

Filed under: Burma, blogging, news — oldcynic @ 11:35 am

Despite internet blocking attempts by the current Burmese leadership, some blogs are getting out.  Understandably, given the current situation they are not being updated on a regular basis  Thanks to Raspberry Rabbit for these links:

Burma (Myanmar) blog

Yangon Thu

See also Global Voices Online 

September 12, 2007

the end of political neutrality for the beeb?

Filed under: news, politics — oldcynic @ 8:23 am

The BBC has long been praised for its political neutrality - even if it does go to the extremes of having a go at Blue Peter presenters for joining campaigns to encourage people to use bikes.

“The last occupant of 10 Downing Street became an embarrassing irritant after a decade and was finally put out to grass to spend his remaining years in obscurity”

Thus begins a BBC news article I found this morning. I found myself nodding in agreement and drawn to read on. Unfortunately, its not how it looks from the opening sentence.

Read the article in full here

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