Public television = propaganda machine?
A new report on the future of the Portuguese public television RTP suggests all information from that broadcaster’s international service should be filtered by the government. The person responsible for the study João Duque says the promotion of Portugal’s image abroad should be within the “vision of an external policy” under the guidance of the...
voxpops vs journalism
Most radio journalists will have done it: voxpops. It’s this dreadful thing where you walk to strangers in the middle of the street and ask them about whatever topic you are working on: Should Greece leave the euro? Who will win the next election? Should the royal family pay taxes? Of course, as a producer...
BBC journo severely ill after Sanofi Pasteur jab
The following post is not a journalistic piece, does not fulfill the objectivity criteria defined by my profession nor is it in line with what I would usually write on my blog. But taking the circumstances and the person involved I felt compelled to do so. Sign the petition here and join the Twitter campaign...
Three sides to every story
Everyone has heard the expression: there’s three sides to every story – yours, mine and the truth. I recently came across this photo and claims of how it had been misused. It’s been suggested that Al-Jazeera and CNN cropped it to their liking with Al Jazeera making use of the first part of the picture...
