Tag Archives: Elizabeth Joyce

How journalism works part 64c

Posted on August 28, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

I couldn’t help but smile the other day when I spotted a column-filler article in the Walsall Express and Star of Wednesday, 24th August 2011. On the editorial page, under an tawdry why-oh-why whine about Sally Bercow and Big Brother … Continue reading →

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Scumbags yet to be caught…

Posted on May 8, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

It was good to see that on Friday, the Express & Star and subsequently the Birmingham Mail caught up with the awful story of the mobility scooter being stolen from Brownhills. The commonality of the language used in both articles … Continue reading →

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Shot down

Posted on August 1, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

On Friday, 30th July 2010, six days after publishing an alarmist, flawed and shoddy scare story about Lichfield Road in Brownhills being ‘gun-plagued’, subsequently proven utterly wrong by West Midlands Police, the Walsall edition of the Express & Star contained this … Continue reading →

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West Midlands Police respond to ‘Alarmist’ gun crime story

Posted on July 29, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

This morning, 29th July 2010, regular reader and helpful sort Roger Jones – @ziksby on twatter – supplied this comment in response to my ‘Shot in the foot‘ post, which was attempting to locate the truth behind an unpleasant, sensationalist … Continue reading →

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Shot in the foot

Posted on July 28, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

On Saturday, 24th July 2010, the Walsall Edition of the Express & Star ran a story that really annoyed me. The story also appeared online at the same time – you can see a screenshot of the story below in … Continue reading →

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